cola

nounnounnounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈkəʊ.lə//
United States//ˈkoʊlə//

The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.

noun

1
The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
2
A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.

Etymology

From a Niger-Congo language, compare Temne kola, Mandinka kola. The beverage "Coca-Cola" was what made the term widely known, and popularized the spelling with c instead of k.

noun

1
Also a form of colondatedplural of colon
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Etymology

See colon.

noun

1
A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cola (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, or from its diminutive caudula. Doublet of queue and coda.

Forms

plural: colas

coincidence · The property of being coincident, occurring at the same time…coke · Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used…Coke · Cola-based soft drink; (in particular) Coca-Cola.

cola · The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.

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