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Kola nut

noun
1.
Bitter brown seed containing caffein; source of cola extract.  Synonym: cola nut.
2.
Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract.  Synonyms: Cola acuminata, goora nut, kola, kola nut tree.






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"Kola nut" Quotes from Famous Books



... I took long excursions in different directions extending over weeks and even months at a time. On these occasions I always took with me a kind of nut, which, when eaten, endowed one with remarkable powers of vitality and endurance. Since my return to civilisation I have heard of the Kola nut, but cannot say whether the substance used by the Australian aboriginal is the same or not. I remember we generally roasted ours, and ate it as we tramped along. In the course of my numerous journeys abroad I blazed or marked a great number of trees; my usual mark being ...
— The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont - as told by Himself • Louis de Rougemont



Words linked to "Kola nut" :   cola extract, genus Cola, nut, nut tree, cola, dope, cola nut



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