coca
coca
Definition
coca (kō′kə)
noun
- 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
- these dried leaves
Etymology: Sp < Quechuan cuca
adjective
designating a family (Erythroxylaceae, order Linales) of dicotyledonous shrubs and trees
coca
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- grow: For small farmers, the threat could be allayed to some extent by turning their land over to growing coca.
- eradicate: Evo Morales came to prominence as a coca farmers ' leader, opposing the US-sponsored program to eradicate coca.
- chew: We had to rest every hundred meters or so, despite chewing coca leaves to help us cope.
- plant: Lately, farmers have started planting coca in national parks where laws prevent spraying.
- cultivate: A joint UN and Colombian survey recently indicated that in 2000 the area devoted to cultivating coca actually increased to over 400,000 acres.
- destroy: As one Colombian representative said, ' Why spend money on destroying coca?
Modifies a noun
- cola: Or parents who feed their children a diet of junk food - 2 year olds drinking coca cola for crying out loud!
- grower: Once the crop spraying has ended in Colombia the coca growers are expected to return.
- eradication: Coca leaf eradication But, in turn, the ' water war ' did not come from nowhere either.
- leaf: Cocaine can also be injected, smoked or by chewing the coca leaf.
- cultivation: Coca cultivation and cocaine production were broadly stable while seizures of cocaine rose to new highs.
- bush: Cocaine is a short acting powerful, central nervous system stimulant that comes from the coca bush which grows widely in South America.
Noun used with modifier
