kolan.1
/ˈkəʊlə/, U.S. /ˈkoʊlə/ A frequent spelling of cola n., used to refer to two trees of the genus Cola, C. acuminata or C. nitida, or their seeds, also called kola nuts.
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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
cola1795
kola1830
gourou-nut1870
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > yielding masticatory products > [adjective]
kola1868
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 39 The Kola spoken of by African travellers.
1868 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 94 5699 (heading) Kola-nut tree.
1868 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 94 5699 The Kola has been introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew.
1890 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) 255 Kola nuts contain some constituent analogous to caffeine.
1932 J. Cary Aissa Saved xv. 82 A family of kola-nut traders, father, mother, sister, and two children, hurrying to Kolu to sell at good prices.
1937 J. M. Dalziel Useful Plants W. Trop. Afr. 101 Elephants eat the fruits of kola and damage the tree.
1937 J. M. Dalziel Useful Plants W. Trop. Afr. 103 Kola is generally supposed to contain about equal quantities of caffeine and theobromine.
1937 J. M. Dalziel Useful Plants W. Trop. Afr. 104 Amongst some peoples a kola tree is planted to commemorate a joyful event.
1957 M. Banton West Afr. City ix. 170 That afternoon he will ‘pin flour’—a small ceremony for which he will invite an alfa and some respected local Muslims to pray for the deceased; after praying they will eat kola and balls of rice flour mixed with sugar and water.
1964 E. Huxley Back Street New Worlds xiv. 141 Had I been a Nigerian, he'd have offered me a kola nut, symbol of hospitality among his people.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Kolan.2
/ˈkəʊlə/, U.S. /ˈkoʊlə/ India.
(See quot. 1873.)
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > other people of low rank or condition > [noun] > member of any low Hindu caste > member of specific low Hindu caste
Kunbi1598
pariah1613
Shudra1630
Vaishya1665
chuckler1759
bhangi1823
Kori1839
Mahar1855
sweeper1859
Kola1873
Sansi1882
Panchama1893
untouchable1909
Harijan1931
Scheduled Caste1935
Dalit1948
Scheduled Tribe1957
1873 E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) III. K-255/1 Kola, Beng. A class of hindoos whose principal avocations are basket and mat-making.
1916 R. V. Russell Tribes & Castes Cent. Provinces India III. 521 Mr. Hīra Lāl suggests that the Kolāms may be connected with the Kolas,..who regard the Kolamallai hills as their original home. He further notes that the name of the era by which the calendar is reckoned on the Malabar coast is Kolamba.
1937 L. Bromfield Rains Came iii. xxvii. 412 There were Kathis and Kolas.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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