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coca
a South American tree with leaves that contain cocaine
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co·ca
(kō′kə)n.
1. Any of certain Andean evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genusErythroxylum, especiallyE. coca, whose leaves contain cocaine and other alkaloids.
2. The dried leaves of such a plant, chewed by people of the Andes for a stimulating effect and also used for extraction of cocaine and other alkaloids.
[Spanish, from Quechuakúka.]
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coca
(ˈkəʊkə)n
1. (Plants) either of two shrubs,Erythroxylon coca orE. truxiuense, native to the Andes: familyErythroxylaceae
2. (Recreational Drugs) 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
[C17: from Spanish, from Quechuankúka]
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co•ca
(ˈkoʊ kə)n.,pl.-cas.
1. a shrub,Erythroxylumcoca, of the family Erythroxylaceae, native to the Andes, having simple alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
2. the dried leaves of this shrub, which are chewed for their stimulant properties and which yield cocaine and other alkaloids.
[1610–20; < Sp < Quechuakuka]
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Noun | 1. | coca - a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine Erythroxylon,Erythroxylum,genus Erythroxylon,genus Erythroxylum - a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae |
2. | Coca - United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001) | |
3. | coca - dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect cocain,cocaine - a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive plant product - a product made from plant material |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
coca
n
(= shrub) →Kokaf
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
co·ca
n. coca, planta de cuyas hojas se extrae la cocaína.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
coca
n (bot) cocaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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On another part of the mountain where Nancy Carlo Estrada tends to her bees, a canopy of protective netting around her head, Exalto Mamami wades through a waist-highcoca plantation, pumping out liquid pesticide from a canister on his back, face covered with a long cloth against harmful blowback from the spray.
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When that proved to be a strategic error, it revised its position, ratified its membership in the convention, and asked for readmission but without agreeing to the ban on chewingcoca leaf, which is also traditional in Peru, Colombia, and other Andean countries.
A formercoca grower himself, Morales also envisions promoting the high-calcium, vitamin-richcoca leaf in legal products, including tea, toothpaste, soap, gum, flour, soft drinks, cooking oil, cosmetics, wine, lozenges--even cookies.
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As the source of cocaine,coca has been roundly condemned and threatened with total obliteration.
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