Lexic.us

Definition of Erythroxylum

1. Noun. A large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Erythroxylum

Literary usage of Erythroxylum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"erythroxylum P. Browne. erythroxylum cuneatum (Wall.) Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 43a (1874) 35; Schulz in Pflanzenreich 29 (1907) ..."

2. Alternative Coca Reduction Strategies in the Andean Region (1994)
"Box 6-A—erythroxylum Species That Are the Primary Sources of Cocaine Cocaine is derived from certain plants of the genus erythroxylum (family ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1904)
"These idioblasts are found in several species of erythroxylum, ... From an examination of the different species of erythroxylum in the herbarium of the ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1904)
"These idioblasts are found in several species of erythroxylum, ... From an examination of the different species of erythroxylum in the herbarium of the ..."

5. Materia medica of India and their therapeutics by Rustomjee Naserwanjee Khory (1903)
"erythroxylum Coca, BP Habitat.—Peru, Bolivia, Tea districts of India, Ceylon, Java, South America. Parts used.—The dried leaves of erythroxylum coca, ..."

6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Written also erythroxylum. ... Native country uncertain; the earliest described form, which happens to be Peruvian, was named by Lamarck erythroxylum Coca, ..."

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