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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 cocaineplay

  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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