Kola Definition

kōlə
noun

Cola.

Webster's New World
Any of several tropical African evergreen trees of the genus Cola, especially C. acuminata or C. nitida, cultivated for their reddish fragrant nutlike seeds, which contain caffeine and theobromine. The seeds are chewed as a stimulant and yield an extract used in pharmaceuticals and as a flavoring in foods and beverages.
American Heritage
A nut of this tree.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • kola-nut
  • Cola acuminata
  • goora nut
  • kola nut tree
  • Musgoi
  • Daba

Other Word Forms of Kola

Noun

Singular:
kola
Plural:
kolas

Origin of Kola

  • Of West African origin Temne kɔ̄la kola nut

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Kola Sentence Examples

  • The kola tree is also indigenous.

  • The chief trade is in, and the principal exports are, palm oil and kernels, rubber, cotton, maize, groundnuts (Arachis), shea-butter from the Bassia parkii (Sapotaceae), fibres of the Raphia vinifera, and the Sansevieria guineensis, indigo, and kola nuts, ebony and other valuable wood.

  • Caffeine (formerly known as theme) is the alkaloid of tea, and is identical with that of coffee, guarana, mate and kola nut.

  • The southern part, off the Murman coast of the Kola peninsula, is sometimes called the Murman Sea.

  • Tobacco and kola nuts are also grown.

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Words Starting With

KKOKOL

Words Ending With

ALAOLA

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With K and Ending With A

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With K4 Letter Words Ending With A