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Coca

/ˈkəʊkə/

Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.

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noun

1
Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
2
The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine.

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Word	Definition
erythroxylon cocanoun	a south american shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the andes; a source of cocaine

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Coca"

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Word	Definition
erythroxylon cocanoun	a south american shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the andes; a source of cocaine
colanoun	A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.
cocoanoun	(uncountable) A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.
leafnoun	The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
woodnoun	(uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
cocainenoun	(uncountable, organic chemistry, pharmacology) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.
sodanoun	(chiefly US, Philippines, uncountable) Any carbonated (usually sweet) soft drink.
dietnoun	The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
cokenoun	(uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
kokanoun	(judo) The smallest technical score that can be awarded in a judo competition.
producenoun	Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.
imogenenoun	Alternative form of Imogen. [(chiefly British) A female given name from the Celtic languages.]
caucanoun	A department of Colombia.
kuka	a German manufacturer of industrial robots and factory automation systems.
blownoun	(intransitive) To produce an air current.
snownoun	(uncountable) The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer.
flakenoun	A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
charlienoun	A unisex given name.
dustnoun	Fine particles.
basenoun	Something from which other things extend; a foundation.