e coca

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e coca - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Erythroxylon \Er`y*throx"y*lon\, n. [NL., from Gr. 'eryqro`s red
     + ? 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.
     [1913 Webster]