coca
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- noun
- /ˈkoʊkə/
- NSFW
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coca
- Many indigenous communities in the Andes still chew coca leaves for their stimulating effects.
- coca cultivation
- coca production
- coca leaves
There's a lot of coca production down there.
- There's a lot of coca production down there.
- You know, the coca plant or in Africa, something called Gott, I think it's KHAT.
- They were selling weed on the streets, and Medellin showed them how to gather the coca paste and create the cocaine hydrochloride.
Examples
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The expansion of coca-growing zones has been examined.
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A further topic of study has been the environmental and social impacts of coca production.
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Do you know how long it takes for a coca field to produce?
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The ones who wanted to plant sweet potatoes and not coca leaves.
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That pipeline goes right through our coca fields!
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There's a lot of coca production down there.
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MORGAN: The Bolivian government began cracking down on coca production.
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Evo, like all coca farmers, was angry at losing his livelihood.
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Today, it is the world's largest coca grower, though aerial fumigation may change that.
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As farmers have become more proficient in cultivating coca in recent years, the yields obtained have increased accordingly.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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A South American shrub with leaves that people chew and that contain cocaine
A South American bush whose leaves are chewed in the Andes and make the drug cocaine
Compounds
- NSFW
A South American bush whose leaves are chewed in the Andes and make the drug cocaine
Surface Forms
Etymology
Coca comes from the Quechua and Aymara word kuka, the name people in the Andes used for the 'coca plant' and its leaves. That's why coca refers to the South American shrub whose leaves have long been used by local people and are the natural source of cocaine.