colan.
/ˈkəʊlə/, U.S. /ˈkoʊlə/ 1. (With capital initial.) A genus of trees, family Sterculiaceæ, natives of western tropical Africa; esp. C. acuminata, which has been introduced into the West Indies and Brazil; its seed called cola-nut or cola-seed, about the size of a chestnut, brownish, and bitter, is largely used for chewing as a condiment and digestive.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > yielding masticatory products > [noun] > cola tree or nut
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gourou-nut1870
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > chewing nuts
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1795 Acc. Sierra Leone 240 Cola is a famous fruit, highly esteemed by the natives, to which they attribute the same virtues as to Peruvian bark.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 39 The Kola spoken of by African travellers, which, when chewed or sucked, renders the flavour of water, even if half putrid, agreeable.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. (at cited word) The practice of eating Cola extending as far as Fezzan and Tripoli.
1882 J. Smith Dict. Econ. Plants 127 The fruit is a follicle containing several nut-like seeds, which are called Cola or Goora Nuts.
1883–4 Medical Ann. 16/1 Cola nuts..are a perfect antidote to alcohol.
2. A carbonated soft drink flavoured with dried coca leaves and cola nut seeds. Also as the second element in various proprietary names of drinks using cola: cf. Coca-Cola n., Pepsi-Cola n. Chiefly U.S.
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the world > food and drink > drink > aerated or carbonated drink > [noun] > cola-flavoured
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1887 Evening Jrnl. (Atlanta, Georgia) 30 June 1/4 Drink the brain tonic and intellectual soda fountain beverage Coca-Cola.
1903 New Bern (N. Carolina) Jrnl. 25 Feb. (advt.) Pepsi-Cola. At Soda Fountains... Aids Digestion.]
1920 Collier's 17 Jan. 41/1 A gentle impulse is a much better description of the effect produced by a class of beverages of which the ‘colas’ are typical. These drinks contain small quantities of caffein.
1938 C. H. Matschat Suwannee River xx. 238 All the trails converged upon the crossroads store with..its flyspecked window, and the bottles of Cola and cherry phosphate on a counter inside.
1948 Family Circle (N.Y.) June 85/1 She ordered a cola and sipped it idly, watching her reflection in the mirror.
1963 Amer. Speech 38 154 Dope came to mean any cola or carbonated beverage.
1963 Newsweek 8 July 76/3 Pepsi introduced its Patio Diet Cola..and Coke its Tab..only days apart this year.
1974 Anderson (S. Carolina) Independent 20 Apr. 5 a/8 The hostesses..served home made cakes, Ice cream, colas and potato chips.
1986 Financial Times 9 Apr. (Survey) ix/2 A ‘liver tonic’ drink..may be better for you than cola or lemonade.
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