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COLA NUT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bitter brown seed containing caffein; source of cola extract

Synonyms:

cola nut; kola nut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cola nut" is a kind of...):

nut (usually large hard-shelled seed)

Holonyms ("cola nut" is a part of...):

Cola acuminata; goora nut; kola; kola nut; kola nut tree (tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract)

Holonyms ("cola nut" is a substance of...):

cola; dope (carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts ('dope' is a southernism in the United States))

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