noun — 3 senses
UK /ˈkəʊ.kə/ · US /ˈkoʊ.kə/
Etymology tree Aymarader. Quechua kukabor. Aymara kukabor. Spanish cocabor. English coca Borrowed from Spanish coca, from Quechua kuka, perhaps from Aymara.
Usually Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
Usually 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.
Etymology Borrowed from Catalan coca. Doublet of cake.
A pastry typically made and consumed in the Catalan-speaking areas.
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