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ERYTHROXYLON TRUXIUENSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Erythroxylon truxiuense mean?
• ERYTHROXYLON TRUXIUENSE (noun)
The noun ERYTHROXYLON TRUXIUENSE has 1 sense:
1. a South American shrub whose leaves are a source of cocaine
Familiarity information: ERYTHROXYLON TRUXIUENSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ERYTHROXYLON TRUXIUENSE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A South American shrub whose leaves are a source of cocaine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("Erythroxylon truxiuense" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Erythroxylon truxiuense" is a member of...):
Erythroxylon; Erythroxylum; genus Erythroxylon; genus Erythroxylum (a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae)
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