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Webster 1913 Edition
Erythroxylon
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Erˊy-throx′y-lon
,Noun.
[NL., from Gr.
ἐρυθρόσ
red + [GREEK] wood. So named from the red wood of some species.] (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
.