Definition of COLA

cola

Meanings

Plural: colas

Noun

  • large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts
  • carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States)
  • the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
  • the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
  • the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
  • a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
  • a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
  • The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
  • A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.
  • plural of colon
  • A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.

Origin / Etymology

From a Niger-Congo language, compare Temne kola, Mandinka kola. The beverage "Coca-Cola" was what made the term widely known, and popularized the spelling with c instead of k.

Synonyms

Aspinwall, Colon, colon, Costa Rican colon, dope, El Salvadoran colon, genus Cola

Scrabble Score: 6

cola is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cola is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cola is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

cola is a valid Words With Friends word