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 Co·ca n.  The dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon Coca). In med., called Erythroxylon.
 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.
 Mexican coca, an American herb (Richardsonia scabra), yielding a nutritious fodder. Its roots are used as a substitute for ipecacuanha.
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 Hy·grine n.  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
      n : a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of
          the Andes; a source of cocaine [syn: coca]