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Erythroxylon coca
(gcide) | Hygrine \Hy"grine\, n. [From Gr. ? moist.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid associated with cocaine in coca leaves
(Erythroxylon coca), and extracted as a thick, yellow oil,
having a pungent taste and odor.
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Erythroxylon Coca
(gcide) | Coca \Co"ca\, n. [Sp., fr. native name.]
The dried leaf of a South American shrub ({Erythroxylon
Coca}). In med., called Erythroxylon.
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Note: Coca leaves resemble tea leaves in size, shape, and
odor, and are chewed (with an alkali) by natives of
Peru and Bolivia to impart vigor in prolonged exertion,
or to sustain strength in absence of food.
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Mexican coca, an American herb (Richardsonia scabra),
yielding a nutritious fodder. Its roots are used as a
substitute for ipecacuanha.
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erythroxylon coca
(wn) | Erythroxylon coca
n 1: a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives
of the Andes; a source of cocaine [syn: {Erythroxylon
coca}, coca, coca plant] |
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Erythroxylon coca
(gcide) | Hygrine \Hy"grine\, n. [From Gr. ? moist.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid associated with cocaine in coca leaves
(Erythroxylon coca), and extracted as a thick, yellow oil,
having a pungent taste and odor.
[1913 Webster]Coca \Co"ca\, n. [Sp., fr. native name.]
The dried leaf of a South American shrub ({Erythroxylon
Coca}). In med., called Erythroxylon.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Coca leaves resemble tea leaves in size, shape, and
odor, and are chewed (with an alkali) by natives of
Peru and Bolivia to impart vigor in prolonged exertion,
or to sustain strength in absence of food.
[1913 Webster]
Mexican coca, an American herb (Richardsonia scabra),
yielding a nutritious fodder. Its roots are used as a
substitute for ipecacuanha.
[1913 Webster] |
Erythroxylon Coca
(gcide) | Hygrine \Hy"grine\, n. [From Gr. ? moist.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid associated with cocaine in coca leaves
(Erythroxylon coca), and extracted as a thick, yellow oil,
having a pungent taste and odor.
[1913 Webster]Coca \Co"ca\, n. [Sp., fr. native name.]
The dried leaf of a South American shrub ({Erythroxylon
Coca}). In med., called Erythroxylon.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Coca leaves resemble tea leaves in size, shape, and
odor, and are chewed (with an alkali) by natives of
Peru and Bolivia to impart vigor in prolonged exertion,
or to sustain strength in absence of food.
[1913 Webster]
Mexican coca, an American herb (Richardsonia scabra),
yielding a nutritious fodder. Its roots are used as a
substitute for ipecacuanha.
[1913 Webster] |
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