Erythroxylum

Translingual

Erythroxylum tortuosum

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”) + ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”).

Proper noun

Erythroxylum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Erythroxylaceae – certain tropical flowering plants, many containing the tropane alkaloid cocaine.

   Synonym: Erythroxylon

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids, COM clade – clades; Malpighiales – order; Erythroxylaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Erythroxylum areolatum - type species; Erythroxylum coca (coca), Erythroxylum novogranatense (Colombian coca), Erythroxylum vaccinifolium - selected other species

References

• Erythroxylum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Erythroxylum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Erythroxylum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons