Library / English Dictionary

KOLA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad

Synonyms:

Daba; Kola; Musgoi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Kola" is a kind of...):

Biu-Mandara (a group of Chadic languages spoken in the border area between Cameroon and Nigeria south of Lake Chad)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract

Synonyms:

Cola acuminata; goora nut; kola; kola nut; kola nut tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("kola" is a kind of...):

nut tree (tree bearing edible nuts)

Meronyms (parts of "kola"):

cola nut; kola nut (bitter brown seed containing caffein; source of cola extract)

Meronyms (substance of "kola"):

cola extract (a flavoring extracted from the kola nut)

Holonyms ("kola" is a member of...):

Cola; genus Cola (large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts)

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