Coca

Co·ca  (kk), Imogene 1908-2001.

American comedian who costarred in comedy sketches with Sid Caesar on the weekly television program "Your Show of Shows" (1950-1954).

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co·ca  (kk)

n.

1. Any of certain Andean evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Erythroxylum, especially E. coca, whose leaves contain cocaine and other alkaloids.

2. The dried leaves of such a plant, chewed by people of the Andes for a stimulating effect and also used for extraction of cocaine and other alkaloids.

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[Spanish, from Quechua kúka.]

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coca [ˈkəʊkə]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) either of two shrubs, Erythroxylon coca or E. truxiuense, native to the Andes: family Erythroxylaceae

2. (Law / Recreational Drugs) the dried leaves of these shrubs and related plants, which contain cocaine and are chewed by the peoples of the Andes for their stimulating effects

[from Spanish, from Quechuan kúka]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	coca - a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine coca plant, Erythroxylon coca Erythroxylon, Erythroxylum, genus Erythroxylon, genus Erythroxylum - a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	Coca - United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001) Imogene Coca
	3.	coca - dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion cocain, cocaine - a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive plant product - a product made from plant material

Translations

coca [ˈkəʊkə] N → coca f

coca

n

(= shrub) → Koka f

no pl (= dried leaves) → Kokablätter pl, → Koka f