kola nut

kola nut
noun
1. tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract
• Syn: ↑kola, ↑kola nut tree, ↑goora nut, ↑Cola acuminata
• Hypernyms: ↑nut tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cola, ↑genus Cola
• Substance Meronyms: ↑cola extract
• Part Meronyms: ↑cola nut
2. bitter brown seed containing caffein; source of cola extract
• Syn: ↑cola nut
• Hypernyms: ↑nut
• Substance Holonyms: ↑cola, ↑dope
• Part Holonyms: ↑kola, ↑kola nut tree, ↑goora nut, ↑Cola acuminata

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a brownish seed, about the size of a chestnut, produced by a tropical tree belonging to the genus Cola, containing both caffeine and theobromine: its extract is used in soft drinks.
[1865-70]

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kola nut,
the bitter, red or white nut of a tropical African evergreen tree of the same family as the cacao and grown also in tropical America and Asia. It contains about 3 percent of caffeine and some theobromine, and it is used as an ingredient of soft drinks. Also, cola nut.

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ˈkola nut 7 [kola nut] noun
= ↑cola nut

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Kola nut — pods and seeds Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …   Wikipedia

  • Kola nut — Kola Ko la, Kola nut Kola nut . Same as {Cola}, {Cola nut}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • kola nut — n. the seed of the cola …   English World dictionary

  • kola nut — a brownish seed, about the size of a chestnut, produced by a tropical tree belonging to the genus Cola, containing both caffeine and theobromine: its extract is used in soft drinks. [1865 70] * * * or cola nut Caffeine containing nut of two… …   Universalium

  • kola nut — also cola nut noun Etymology: kola, perhaps modification of Malinke kolo kola nut Date: 1868 the bitter caffeine containing chestnut sized seed of a kola tree used especially as a masticatory and in beverages …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • kola nut tree — noun tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract • Syn: ↑kola, ↑kola nut, ↑goora nut, ↑Cola acuminata • Hypernyms: ↑nut tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Cola, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • kola nut — ko·la nut also co·la nut kō lə n the bitter caffeine containing chestnut sized seed of a kola tree used esp. as a masticatory and in beverages …   Medical dictionary

  • kola nut — ko′la nut n. pln the large brown seed of the kola tree: its extract is used in soft drinks • Etymology: 1865–70 …   From formal English to slang

  • kola nut — /ˈkoʊlə nʌt/ (say kohluh nut) noun → cola nut …  

  • Kola — Ko la, Kola nut Kola nut . Same as {Cola}, {Cola nut}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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