cola

Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ.lə/

The English word “cola” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.
A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.

Etymology

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.

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