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Added 10 October 2026

cola

/ˈkəʊ.lə/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cola at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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.

noun

plural of colon.

noun

A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.

Origin

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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