coca

IPA: kˈoʊkʌ

Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine and used as aphrodisiac in the past.
A pastry typically made and consumed in the Catalan-speaking areas.
A surname.
(linguistics) Acronym of Corpus of Contemporary American English.

Examples of "coca" in Sentences

Too bad it was $100 in coca cola stock or something.
The coca (_Erythroxylon coca_, Lam.) is a shrub about six feet in height, with bright green leaves and white blossoms.
The third was known as Bolivian, but it referred to coca found along the eastern slope of the Andes in both that country and Peru.
Those wings remind of for fried chicken wings in coca-cola, which are also sweet. those arn’t coca-cola fried chicken wings are they?
The fragile states along Africa's west coast have become major trafficking hubs for cocaine on its way from Latin American coca fields to the European market.
Morales won widespread support from the lower class with his campaign against the eradication of Bolivia's once-prolific production of coca, which is used to make cocaine.
The United States says that Bolivia - the world's third-largest producer of coca, after Colombia and Peru - produces too much excess coca, which is often processed into cocaine and sold in South America and Europe.
Following a brief sacrifice to the Dragon Fertility Goddess (don't tell Dave!), we will enjoy a traditional breakfast of potatoes and mate de coca, which is basically boiled cocaine and which I'm told puts Starbucks to shame.