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What is the difference between kola and cola?

kola | cola |

Cola is a alternative form of kola.



As nouns the difference between kola and cola

is that kola is a tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown nuts containing source of cola extract while cola is the kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.

As a proper noun COLA is

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kola

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tree, genus Cola , bearing large brown nuts containing source of cola extract.
  • A nut of this tree.

    • See also

    * (Kola nut) * (Cola)

    Anagrams

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    cola

    English

    Etymology 1

    From a (etyl) language, compare Temne kola, Mandinka kola. The beverage "Coca-Cola" was what made the term widely known.

    Alternative forms

    * (the plant or nut) kola

    Noun

  • The kola plant, genus Cola , famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
  • A beverage or a made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.

    • See also

    * (projectlink) * * (projectlink)

    Etymology 2

    See colon

    Noun

    (head)
  • (obsolete)
  • * 2008 , Alexandre Allauzen, Review of “Mathematical Linguistics” by Andras Kornai
    • In this part, the author presents a prosodic hierarchy describing syllables, moras, feet, cola and a typology for words and stress.

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