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COCA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("coca" is a kind of...):
plant product (a product made from plant material)
Meronyms (substance of "coca"):
cocain; cocaine (a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive)
Domain category:
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001)
Synonyms:
Coca; Imogene Coca
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
comedienne (a female comedian)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine
Synonyms:
coca; coca plant; Erythroxylon coca
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("coca" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("coca" is a member of...):
Erythroxylon; Erythroxylum; genus Erythroxylon; genus Erythroxylum (a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae)
