noun
a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae
• Syn: ↑genus Erythroxylon, ↑Erythroxylum, ↑genus Erythroxylum
• Hypernyms: ↑plant genus
• Member Meronyms: ↑Erythroxylon coca, ↑coca, ↑coca plant, ↑Erythroxylon truxiuense
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌlän, -_lən\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a large genus of chiefly So. American shrubs and small trees (family Erythroxylaceae) with small white or greenish pentamerous flowers — see coca
Useful english dictionary. 2012.