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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Â© A Dictionary of Plant Sciences 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

cocaine A drug obtained from Erythroxylum coca. See ERYTHROXYLUM.

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