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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 effectplay

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)play

Synonyms:

Coca; Imogene Coca

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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 cocaineplay

Synonyms:

coca; coca plant; Erythroxylon coca

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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