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Coca

The dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon Coca). In med., called Erythroxylon.

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Bush 76% connected

A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.

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Shrub 76% connected

A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.

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Cocaine 70% connected

A powerful alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local…

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American adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture; "American citizens"; "American English"; "the Ame…

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Anil noun · 78% connection

shrub of West Indies and South America that is a source of indigo dye

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Arbuscle noun · 78% connection

A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; a treelike shrub.

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Bachelor's button noun · 78% connection

tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color

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Bitterwood noun · 78% connection

handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields…

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Buchu noun · 78% connection

A South African shrub (Barosma) with small leaves that are dotted with oil glands; also, the leaves themselves, which are used in medi…

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Canaster noun · 78% connection

A kind of tobacco for smoking, made of the dried leaves, coarsely broken; -- so called from the rush baskets in which it is packed in…

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Chokeberry noun · 78% connection

The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub.

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Fruticose adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to a shrub or shrubs; branching like a shrub; shrubby; shrublike; as, a fruticose stem.

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Gooseberry adjective · 78% connection

Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossularia is…

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Grison noun · 78% connection

A South American animal of the family Mustelidae (Galictis vittata). It is about two feet long, exclusive of the tail. Its under parts…

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Hawthorn noun · 78% connection

A thorny shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit…

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Hygrine noun · 78% connection

An alkaloid associated with cocaine in coca leaves (Erythroxylon coca), and extracted as a thick, yellow oil, having a pungent taste a…

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Jaborandi noun · 78% connection

The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub (Pilocarpus pennatifolius). The leaves are used in medicine as an diaphoretic and…

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Laurestine noun · 78% connection

The Viburnum Tinus, an evergreen shrub or tree of the south of Europe, which flowers during the winter mouths.

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Lawsonia noun · 78% connection

An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis), with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is prepared from the…

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Malambo noun · 78% connection

A yellowish aromatic bark, used in medicine and perfumery, said to be from the South American shrub Croton Malambo.

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Marmoset noun · 78% connection

small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails

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