1. Carbonated drink flavoured with extract from kola nuts
   "He ordered a cola with his burger";
   - dope [US]

1. An allowance for changes in the consumer price index
   "Workers received a COLA to match inflation";
   - cost-of-living allowance, cost-of-living adjustment

1. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts
   - genus Cola

1. The part of the large intestine between the caecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
   "A colonoscopy examines the entire colon for signs of disease"
    
2. A punctuation mark (':') used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
   "He began his list with a colon: apples, oranges, and bananas"

Derived forms: colas, Colas

Type of: adjustment, allowance, dilleniid dicot genus, large intestine, punctuation, punctuation mark [Brit], soft drink

Part of: family Sterculiaceae, sterculia family, Sterculiaceae

Encyclopedia: Cola, Candy, Chocolate