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co·la /ˈkolə/
可樂樹;可樂(飲料)
cola
(拉)濾液,濾過,可樂果,可樂茶素,可樂類飲料
Co·la n. Bot. (a)
1. A genus of sterculiaceous trees, natives of tropical Africa, esp. Guinea, but now naturalized in tropical America, esp. in the West Indies and Brazil. (b) Same as Cola nut, below.
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Cola
n 1: large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts [syn: genus
Cola]
2: carbonated drink flavored with extract from Kola nuts
(`dope' is a southernism in the United States) [syn: dope]
colon
n 1: the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the
rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before
they are excreted
2: the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100
centavos [syn: El Salvadoran colon]
3: the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
[syn: Costa Rican colon]
4: a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
[syn: Aspinwall]
5: a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a
series or an example or an explanation (or after the
salutation of a business letter)
[also: colones (pl), cola (pl)]