Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Erythroxylon

Erythroxylon , noun

[New Latin, from Greek 'eryqro`s red + {not transcribed} wood. So named from the red wood of some species.]

(Botany) A genus of shrubs or small trees of the Flax family, growing in tropical countries. E. Coca is the source of cocaine. See Coca.