Erythroxylon

noun

Er·​y·​throx·​y·​lon

-lən

: a large genus of chiefly South American shrubs and small trees (family Erythroxylaceae) with small white or greenish pentamerous flowers see coca

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from erythr- + -xylon

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