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Webster 1913 Edition


Erythroxylon


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
.