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COCAIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive
Synonyms:
cocain; cocaine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cocain" is a kind of...):
hard drug (a narcotic that is considered relatively strong and likely to cause addiction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cocain"):
basuco (low-grade cocaine mixed with coca paste and cannabis)
blow; C; coke; nose candy; snow (street names for cocaine)
crack; crack cocaine; tornado (a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive)
Holonyms ("cocain" is a substance of...):
coca (dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect)
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