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coca.

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

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkəʊ.kə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkoʊ.kə/General-American
  1. Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.

    uncountable · usually
  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 and used as aphrodisiac in the past.

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Aymarader. Quechua kukabor. Aymara kukabor. Spanish cocabor. English coca Borrowed from Spanish coca, from Quechua kuka, perhaps from Aymara.

noun/ˈkəʊ.kə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkoʊ.kə/General-American
  1. A pastry typically made and consumed in the Catalan-speaking areas.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Catalan coca. Doublet of cake.

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