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Coca

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noun. Any of certain Andean evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Erythroxylum, especially E. coca, whose leaves contain cocaine and other alkaloids.

noun. The dried leaves of such a plant, chewed by people of the Andes for a stimulating effect and also used for extraction of cocaine and other alkaloids.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

noun. The dried leaf of Erythroxylon Coca, natural order Linaceæ, a small shrub of the mountains of Peru and Bolivia, but cultivated in other parts of South America.

noun. The plant itself.

noun. A Japanese rice-measure, equal to about 5 Winchester bushels.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun. The dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon Coca). In med., called Erythroxylon.

noun. an American herb (Richardsonia scabra), yielding a nutritious fodder. Its roots are used as a substitute for ipecacuanha.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

noun. The dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca), widely cultivated legally in Andean countries, and the source of cocaine.

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noun. a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine

noun. dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect

Word Usage

"The coca (_Erythroxylon coca_, Lam.) is a shrub about six feet in height, with bright green leaves and white blossoms."

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mexican coca

Form

cocain cocaine

Hypernym

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bush comédienne plant product shrub

Rhyme

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Carioca Fukuoka Morioka Oka Roca

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