kola nut

  • 1Kola nut — pods and seeds Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …

    Wikipedia

  • 2Kola nut — Kola Ko la, Kola nut Kola nut . Same as {Cola}, {Cola nut}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3kola nut — n. the seed of the cola …

    English World dictionary

  • 4kola nut — noun 1. tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract • Syn: ↑kola, ↑kola nut tree, ↑goora nut, ↑Cola acuminata • Hypernyms: ↑nut tree • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 5kola nut — a brownish seed, about the size of a chestnut, produced by a tropical tree belonging to the genus Cola, containing both caffeine and theobromine: its extract is used in soft drinks. [1865 70] * * * or cola nut Caffeine containing nut of two… …

    Universalium

  • 6kola nut — also cola nut noun Etymology: kola, perhaps modification of Malinke kolo kola nut Date: 1868 the bitter caffeine containing chestnut sized seed of a kola tree used especially as a masticatory and in beverages …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 7kola nut tree — noun tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract • Syn: ↑kola, ↑kola nut, ↑goora nut, ↑Cola acuminata • Hypernyms: ↑nut tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Cola, ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 8kola nut — ko·la nut also co·la nut kō lə n the bitter caffeine containing chestnut sized seed of a kola tree used esp. as a masticatory and in beverages …

    Medical dictionary

  • 9kola nut — ko′la nut n. pln the large brown seed of the kola tree: its extract is used in soft drinks • Etymology: 1865–70 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 10kola nut — /ˈkoʊlə nʌt/ (say kohluh nut) noun → cola nut …