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Coca

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Noun

1. coca, coca plant, erythroxylon coca

a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine

2. coca, imogene coca

United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001)

3. coca

dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect

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Coca

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noun
1. 
either of two shrubs, Erythroxylon coca or E. truxiuense, native to the Andes: family Erythroxylaceae
2. 
the dried leaves of these shrubs and related plants, which contain cocaine and are chewed by the peoples of the Andes for their stimulating effects

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Coca

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noun
1. 
any of a genus (Erythroxylon, esp. E. coca) of tropical, mostly American shrubs of the coca family, whose dried leaves are the source of cocaine and other alkaloids
2. 
these dried leaves
adjective
3. 
designating a family (Erythroxylaceae, order Linales) of dicotyledonous shrubs and trees

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Coca

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American comedian who costarred in comedy sketches with Sid Caesar on the weekly television program Your Show of Shows (1950-1954).
n.
1. Any of certain Andean evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Erythroxylum, especially E. coca, whose leaves contain cocaine and other alkaloids.
2. The dried leaves of such a plant, chewed by people of the Andes for a stimulating effect and also used for extraction of cocaine and other alkaloids.

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