Erythroxylum

Translingual

Erythroxylum tortuosum

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Erythroxylum n

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

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