coca
Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native…Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
» May I have a Coca-Cola?
Kann ich eine Cola haben?
Можно мне кока-колу?
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
ко́каkóka
(uncountable, usually)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.
Cocablatt, Koka
a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine
A pastry typically made and consumed in the Catalan-speaking areas.
Examples
49 sentencesMay I have a Coca-Cola?
ruМожно мне кока-колу?
deKann ich eine Cola haben?
I want a bottle of Coca-Cola.
ruЯ хочу бутылку кока-колы.
deIch möchte eine Flasche Coca-Cola.
Is it coca that I chew?
Let's chew our coca leaves to rest.
Let's chew our coca as a way of resting.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Spanish coca, from Quechua kuka, perhaps from Aymara. Borrowed from CatalanBorrowed from Spanish coca, from Quechua kuka, perhaps from Aymara.
Borrowed from Catalan coca. Doublet of cake.
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Forms
plural: cocas| Singular | coca |
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uncountable
Synonyms
3 synonyms- United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001):Imogene Coca
- a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine:Erythroxylon cocacoca plant
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable