"kola" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kolas [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊlə Etymology: Presumably from a West African language. Compare Hausa gōr̃ò, Bambara goro, Temne kola, Mandinka kolo (“kola nut”). Etymology templates: {{cog|ha|goro|gōr̃ò}} Hausa gōr̃ò, {{cog|bm|goro}} Bambara goro, {{cog|tem|kola}} Temne kola, {{cog|mnk|kolo||kola nut}} Mandinka kolo (“kola nut”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} kola (countable and uncountable, plural kolas)
  1. A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Mallow family plants
    Sense id: en-kola-en-noun-2hzpIz7X Disambiguation of Mallow family plants: 66 11 23
  2. A nut of this tree. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-kola-en-noun-~ftIrw6B
  3. (rare, dated) Alternative form of cola (“drink made with kola nut flavoring”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, dated, rare, uncountable Alternative form of: cola (extra: drink made with kola nut flavoring)
    Sense id: en-kola-en-noun-WrWiYQ4H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 1 71 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 1 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cola Derived forms: kola nut Related terms: Cola Translations (tree): cola [feminine] (Catalan), kola [feminine] (Czech), kola [common-gender] (Danish), cola [masculine] (Dutch), ẹvbẹe (Edo), koolapuu (Finnish), κόλα (kóla) [feminine] (Greek), कोला (kolā) [masculine] (Hindi), kóladió (Hungarian), kolao (Ido), コーラ (kōra) (Japanese), コラ (kora) (note: especially Cola nitida) (Japanese), コラノキ (kora-no-ki) (Japanese), ヒメコラノキ (hime-kora-no-ki) (Japanese), ヒメコラ (hime-kora) (Japanese), cola [feminine] (Romanian), ко́ла (kóla) [feminine] (Russian), кола [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kola [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kola [feminine] (Slovene), cola [feminine] (Spanish), mkola (Swahili)
Disambiguation of 'tree': 49 51 0

Inflected forms

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