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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The principal genus of the tribe Erythroxyleæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A genus of shrubs or small trees of the Flax family, growing in tropical countries. E. Coca is the source of cocaine. See coca.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae

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