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[ koh-kuh ] / ˈkoʊ kə /
nouna shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers. the dried leaves of this shrub, which are chewed for their stimulant properties and which yield cocaine and other alkaloids. Origin of cocaFirst recorded in 1610–20; from Spanish, from Quechua kuka WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH cocacoca , cocoaWords nearby cocacoburg, cobweb, cobwebby, cobweb houseleek, cobwebs, coca, Coca-Cola, Coca-colonize, cocaine, cocainism, cocainize Definition for coca (2 of 2)[ koh-kuh ] / ˈkoʊ kə /
nounImogene, 1908–2001, U.S. comic actress. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cocaCoca leaf, on the other hand, was criminalized after the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 (PDF), says Huertas. Why We Need Medical Meth + Cocaine|Valerie Vande Panne|February 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Cocaine comes from the coca plant, which grows in the Andes and is considered sacred. Why We Need Medical Meth + Cocaine|Valerie Vande Panne|February 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Right-wing conservatives were in a tizzy over Coca Cola's new ad. Rage Against the Coke Machine|Jamelle Bouie|February 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Coca Cola Company—as is its wont—had one of the best ads to air on Super Bowl Sunday. Rage Against the Coke Machine|Jamelle Bouie|February 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Not senator, not president of the United States, or Coca Cola. The Way the Wind Blows|Scott Simon|December 21, 2008|DAILY BEAST There was, moreover, another object in favoring the use of Coca among the Indians. Coca and its Therapeutic Application, Third Edition|Angelo Mariani He next pointed to the contents of the bowl, and the girls replied together, "Coca." By Right of Conquest|G. A. Henty He took a rope, a can of beef, some crackers, and a small quantity of coca leaves. The Web of the Golden Spider|Frederick Orin Bartlett He sat until sunset—contenting himself with a few leaves of coca. The Forest Exiles|Mayne Reid Soon after, Cardenas died, and the coca plantation being neglected, became a waste. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi
British Dictionary definitions for coca
nouneither of two shrubs, Erythroxylon coca or E. truxiuense, native to the Andes: family Erythroxylaceae the dried leaves of these shrubs and related plants, which contain cocaine and are chewed by the peoples of the Andes for their stimulating effects Word Origin for cocaC17: from Spanish, from Quechuan kúka Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |