coca — English Dictionary

Noun

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

   Usage

   • Uncountable
   • usually

2. 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.

   Usage

   • Uncountable
   • usually

Noun

1. A pastry typically made and consumed in the Catalan-speaking areas.

   Examples

   A coca, a type of flat bread normally topped with roasted vegetables, was capped by strands of briny whitebait.

Noun

1. a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine

   Synonyms

   Erythroxylon cocacoca plant

   Broader terms

   shrubbush

2. dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect

   Broader terms

   plant product