KOLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kola mean? 

• KOLA (noun)
  The noun KOLA has 2 senses:

1. tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract

2. a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad

  Familiarity information: KOLA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KOLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cola acuminata; goora nut; kola; kola nut; kola nut tree

Hypernyms ("kola" is a kind of...):

nut tree (tree bearing edible nuts)

Meronyms (parts of "kola"):

cola nut; kola nut (bitter brown seed containing caffein; source of cola extract)

Meronyms (substance of "kola"):

cola extract (a flavoring extracted from the kola nut)

Holonyms ("kola" is a member of...):

Cola; genus Cola (large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Daba; Kola; Musgoi

Hypernyms ("Kola" is a kind of...):

Biu-Mandara (a group of Chadic languages spoken in the border area between Cameroon and Nigeria south of Lake Chad)

 Context examples 

Caffeine is a bitter substance found in coffee, tea, soft drinks, chocolate, kola nuts, and certain medicines.

(Caffeine, Food and Drug Administration)