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Meanings of Erythroxylon coca in English

Portuguese
coca
Catalan
coca (planta)
Spanish
erythroxylum coca

A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine.

coca
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Examples for "coca"
Examples for "coca"
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We shouldn't just be eradicating coca - we should be eradicating poverty.
The Guardian
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This pouch contained a quantity of the dry leaves of the coca.
The Forest Exiles: The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds ...
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That's the stage where we are now in the eradication of coca.
Reuters
4
Among the most useful are heroin, morphine, opium, coca, hemp, and peyote.
The Status Civilization
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They sprayed the coca, but they also killed all our food crops.
The Guardian
1
Colombia is one of the world's biggest producers of cocaine, which is derived from the coca plant.
Reuters
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I'm surprised no one has figured out how to genetically modify the coca plant so it can grow elsewhere.
Wired
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The problems created by cocaine use, they suggest, should be solved within those countries and not at the expense of the coca plant.
Wicked plants
4
The coca plant's ability to inspire humans to go to war, both against each other and against the plant, may be its most deadly quality.
Wicked plants
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Nearby are half-dead fruit trees, withered maize plants and row upon row of skeletal coca plants.
The Guardian
Usage of Erythroxylon coca in English
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COCAINE is the main active chemical in the leaves of Erythroxylon coca, a shrub that grows in South America and southeast Asia.
The Irish Times
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Cocaine is the main active chemical in the leaves of Erythroxylon coca, a shrub which grows in South America and southeast Asia.
The Irish Times
Translations for Erythroxylon coca
Portuguese
coca