Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: coca  kow-ku
  1. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine
    "Coca plants have been cultivated in the Andes for thousands of years"; "Erythroxylon coca plants have been cultivated in the Andes for thousands of years";
    - Erythroxylon coca, coca plant
     
  2. Dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect
    "The guide offered us coca leaves to help with altitude sickness"
Noun: Coca
  1. United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001)
    - Imogene Coca

Derived forms: cocas

Type of: bush, comedienne, plant product, shrub

Part of: Erythroxylon, Erythroxylum, genus Erythroxylon, genus Erythroxylum

Encyclopedia: Coca, Juan