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cola.

The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkəʊ.lə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkoʊlə/General-American
  1. The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From a Niger-Congo language, compare Temne kola, Mandinka kola. The beverage "Coca-Cola" was what made the term widely known, and popularized the spelling with c instead of k.

noun/ˈkəʊ.lə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkoʊlə/General-American
  1. A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.

Where this word comes from

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cola (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, or from its diminutive caudula. Doublet of queue and coda.

noun/ˈkəʊ.lə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkoʊlə/General-American
  1. plural of colon

    dated · form-of · plural
Where this word comes from

See colon.

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