Coca is a plant which contains cocaine. The dried leaves of the plant are sometimes chewed for their stimulating effect.
...illegal crops such as coca.
coca in British English
(ˈkəʊkə)
noun
1.
either of two shrubs, Erythroxylon coca or E. truxiuense, native to the Andes: family Erythroxylaceae
2.
the dried leaves of these shrubs and related plants, which contain cocaine and are chewed by the peoples of the Andes for their stimulating effects
Word origin
C17: from Spanish, from Quechuan kúka
coca in American English
(ˈkoʊkə)
noun
1.
any of a genus (Erythroxylon, esp. E. coca) of tropical, mostly American shrubs of the coca family, whose dried leaves are the source of cocaine and other alkaloids
2.
these dried leaves
adjective
3.
designating a family (Erythroxylaceae, order Linales) of dicotyledonous shrubs and trees
Word origin
Sp < Quechuan cuca
Examples of 'coca' in a sentence
coca
Yet in all probability, there was not a single coca plant flowering in the Medellin countryside.