| n. | 1. | L. |
| 1. | (Bot.) A genus of sterculiaceous trees, natives of tropical Africa, esp. Guinea, but now naturalized in tropical America, esp. in the West Indies and Brazil. | |
| 2. | a dark-colored carbonated soft drink flavored with extract of the cola nut, and often colored with caramel; also, any soft drink similar in color and flavor to a cola-flavored drink. The name was predominantly derived from the popular soft drink |
| Noun | 1. | Cola - large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts Synonyms: genus Cola |
| 2. | cola - carbonated drink flavored with extract from Kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States) Synonyms: dope |