kola
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- noun
- /ˈkoʊlə/
:
kola
- The twins themselves were given "two packets of sugar, two plates of honey, two plates of salt, two goats, two Bibles, and two plates of kola nuts."
- kola nuts
Yeah, they're going to want kola nuts and they're going to want gold.
- Yeah, they're going to want kola nuts and they're going to want gold.
Examples
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The mother splits kola and divines with it to determine the proper course of action over the next few days.
Academic text (2008) -
Red or, more commonly, white kola may also be offered.
Academic text (1994) -
One can only offer to the Komo one or three kola nuts, one or three chickens, etc.
Academic text (2008) -
A sack of kola nuts lay on the floorboard of the Range Rover.
Fiction book (1997) -
Their husbands and fiancés dance behind them and place ten kola nuts in each woman's hands to symbolize the traditional marriage payment of chickens, salt, textiles, and kola nuts.
Academic text (2006) -
The kola nut is often chewed during traditional ceremonies in West Africa.
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During his visit, he was welcomed with a kola, which symbolizes hospitality in the village.
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In many West African cultures, offering kola nuts to guests is a common practice of generosity.
Synonyms
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A group of African trees that make kola nuts used to flavor soft drinks
A West African tree that makes brown kola nuts with caffeine used for cola drinks
A tropical tree that produces large brown nuts containing caffeine used to make cola drinks
A tall West African tree that produces large brown seeds used for cola flavor
A large brown nut from an African tree that contains caffeine and gives cola flavor
Compounds
A tropical tree that produces large brown nuts containing caffeine used to make cola drinks
A bitter brown seed from a West African tree used to help people feel more awake and flavor cola
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kola comes from a West African name for the brown, caffeine-rich nut of a tree that people long chewed or used in drinks. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the soft drink cola, which was named after the kola nut because early cola recipes used its extract.