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coca | unadvisable |

As a noun coca

is any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.

As an acronym COCA

is Corpus of Contemporary American English.

As an adjective unadvisable is

inadvisable.

coca

English

(wikipedia coca)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • 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 (), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine.

    • Derived terms

    * cocaine * cocain

    External links

    * (Erythroxylon coca) * (Erythroxylon coca) ----

    unadvisable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Inadvisable.
  • *1948 , William Burroughs, letter, 5 Jun 1948:
  • *:Will go back there to get it in a week or so, but may find the harvest unadvisable for reasons of security.
  • (archaic) Unwilling to take advice.
  • (archaic) Imprudent.

    • Usage notes

    * "Inadvisable" is used about 10 times more frequently than "unadvisable" at COCA (US usage) and 20 times more at BNC (UK written usage).