GENUS COLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cola mean? 

• GENUS COLA (noun)
  The noun GENUS COLA has 1 sense:

1. large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts

  Familiarity information: GENUS COLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS COLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cola; genus Cola

Hypernyms ("genus Cola" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cola"):

Cola acuminata; goora nut; kola; kola nut; kola nut tree (tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract)

Holonyms ("genus Cola" is a member of...):

family Sterculiaceae; sterculia family; Sterculiaceae (a large family of plants of order Malvales)