cocan.

Brit.

/ˈkəʊkə/, U.S.

/ˈkoʊkə/

Forms: Also 1800s cuca.

Etymology: < Spanish coca, < Peruvian cuca. G. de la Vega (translated by Ricaut) says ‘The Indians call [it] cuca, and the Spaniards coca’ ( Comment. of Peru viii. xv.).

The name in Bolivia of Erythroxylon Coca, a shrub six or eight feet high; hence, applied to its dried leaves, which have been employed from time immemorial, with powdered lime, as a masticatory, appeaser of hunger, and stimulant of the nervous system.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > pods, seeds, leaves, or flowers > [noun] > betel or coca leaf

vitele1582

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coca1616

betel-leaf1681

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > yielding masticatory products > [noun] > other plants yielding masticatory products

coca1616

gambier1800

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific leaves

laurel-leafa1387

laurel1477

coca1616

uva ursi1753

mountain laurel1759

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Coca, an hearbe of India, the leaues whereof being bruised and mixt with the powder of Cockles or Oysters in their shelles burnt the Indians use in little balles to carry in their mouthes to preserue them from famine and great dryth.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. x. i. 1694 An herbe..Coca, which they carrie continually in their mouthes.

1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 205 The Coca, or Cuca is a small Shrub, much about the Bigness of the Vine.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 469 The use of Coca in Peru..is said to have originated with the Incas.

1878 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. (ed. 2) II. 323 The effects of coca, or cuca, depend on the presence of a peculiar alkaloid-cocaine.

1886 Brit. Med. Jrnl. Mar. 592/2.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as coca-chewer, coca plant, coca wine, etc.

ΚΠ

1855 J. F. W. Johnston Chem. Common Life II. 158 The coca leaf resembles that of hemp, in the narcotic quality of dilating the pupil.

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Jan. 7/3 The coca plant..Coca wine and various other preparations of coca leaves are now also largely in use.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	coca
释义	cocan. Brit. /ˈkəʊkə/, U.S. /ˈkoʊkə/ Forms: Also 1800s cuca. Etymology: < Spanish coca, < Peruvian cuca. G. de la Vega (translated by Ricaut) says ‘The Indians call [it] cuca, and the Spaniards coca’ ( Comment. of Peru viii. xv.). The name in Bolivia of Erythroxylon Coca, a shrub six or eight feet high; hence, applied to its dried leaves, which have been employed from time immemorial, with powdered lime, as a masticatory, appeaser of hunger, and stimulant of the nervous system. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > pods, seeds, leaves, or flowers > [noun] > betel or coca leaf vitele1582 betel1585 paan1598 coca1616 betel-leaf1681 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > yielding masticatory products > [noun] > other plants yielding masticatory products coca1616 gambier1800 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific leaves laurel-leafa1387 laurel1477 coca1616 uva ursi1753 mountain laurel1759 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Coca, an hearbe of India, the leaues whereof being bruised and mixt with the powder of Cockles or Oysters in their shelles burnt the Indians use in little balles to carry in their mouthes to preserue them from famine and great dryth. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. x. i. 1694 An herbe..Coca, which they carrie continually in their mouthes. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 205 The Coca, or Cuca is a small Shrub, much about the Bigness of the Vine. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 469 The use of Coca in Peru..is said to have originated with the Incas. 1878 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. (ed. 2) II. 323 The effects of coca, or cuca, depend on the presence of a peculiar alkaloid-cocaine. 1886 Brit. Med. Jrnl. Mar. 592/2. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as coca-chewer, coca plant, coca wine, etc. ΚΠ 1855 J. F. W. Johnston Chem. Common Life II. 158 The coca leaf resembles that of hemp, in the narcotic quality of dilating the pupil. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Jan. 7/3 The coca plant..Coca wine and various other preparations of coca leaves are now also largely in use. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1616
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