Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the familyErythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source ofcocaine and used asaphrodisiac in the past.
c.1300, R. Martínez López, editor,General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page134:
de baleas, decocas, de orças et de todoslos outros pescados quea ẽnas agoas
of whales, ofcockatrices, of orcas and of all the other fishes that are in the waters
1441, X. Ferro Couselo, editor,A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page145:
que ordenaba e mandaba que andase logo a dita confraría de Santa Oufémea depúus a confraría de Santa María a Madre con sua danza de espadas e çirios e outros jogos algúus, se os tebesen, saluo que o jogo daqoqa que andase aalende das confrarías de San Sebastián e de San Migeel, junto con a confraría dos carniçeyros, por que a ditacoqa he escandallosa
they ordered and commanded that the guild of Saint Euphemia be the firt [in the parade], then the guild of Saint Mary Mother, with its sword dance and candles and other amusements, if they have any, with the exception of the game of thecockatrice, which should go after the guilds of Saint Sebastian and Saint Michael, with the butcher's guild, because saidcockatrice is scandalous
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coca”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coq”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
Erythroxylum coca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Erythroxylum coca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Erythroxylum coca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
