cola Synonyms
Another word for cola
• noun (Context 1)
A sweet, brown carbonated soft drink flavored with caramel, vanilla, cinnamon, citrus oils, and traditionally extracts from the kola nut.
"She ordered a cold glass of coke with lemon to accompany her lunch."
• noun (Context 2)
The bitter, caffeine-rich seed or nut borne inside the star-shaped fruit pods of tropical West African trees of the genus Cola, chewed as a stimulant and used as a flavoring agent.
"For centuries, merchants across West Africa traded bitter kola seeds as a natural stimulant and symbol of hospitality."
• noun (Context 3)
Any of several tropical evergreen trees of the genus Cola, native to the rainforests of West Africa within the mallow family Malvaceae, cultivated for their caffeine-containing seeds.
"The farmers planted rows of shade-tolerant kola trees along the edge of the tropical plantation."