1. cola(n = noun.plant) genus cola - large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts;
is a kind of dilleniid dicot genus
is a member of family sterculiaceae, sterculia family, sterculiaceae
2. cola(n = noun.food) dope - carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States);
is a kind of soft drink
has particulars: coca cola, coke, pepsi, pepsi cola
L.
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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. a dark-colored carbonated soft drink flavored with extract of the cola nut, and often colored with caramel; also, any soft drink similar in color and flavor to a cola-flavored drink. The name was predominantly derived from the popular soft drink
cola, n. (also kola)
1 any small tree of the genus Cola, native to W. Africa, bearing seeds containing caffeine.
2 a carbonated drink usu. flavoured with these seeds.
Idiom:
cola nut a seed of the tree.
Etymology:
W.Afr.
coca cola, cola acuminata, cola extract, cola nut, cola seed, genus cola, pepsi cola