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noun

Cola n. (Bot.)

(a)

A genus of sterculiaceous trees, natives of tropical Africa, esp. Guinea, but now naturalized in tropical America, esp. in the West Indies and Brazil.

(b)

Same as Cola nut, below.

A dark-colored carbonated soft drink flavored with extract of the cola nut, and often colored with caramel; also, any soft drink similar in color and flavor to a cola-flavored drink. The name was predominantly derived from the popular soft drink Coca-Cola.

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Etymology of 'Cola'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cola" Quotes from Famous Books

... beets, carrots, peas, and other vegetables, bananas, dried pears, grape seeds, dandelion roots, rinds of citrus fruits, lupine seeds, whey, peanuts, juniper berries, rice, the fruit of the wax palm, cola nuts, chick peas, cassia seeds, and the seeds of any trees and plants indigenous to the country in ...

— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers

... early, in the murky cola of the winter morning. When, at eight o'clock, she knocked as usual at her grandfather's door his answer made ...

— The Nether World • George Gissing

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