Cola (root: colon)

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: co=la

CIDE DICTIONARY

Cola, n. 

 L. pl. of Colon.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Cola, n. [NL., fr. a native name.].

•  A genus of sterculiaceous trees, natives of tropical Africa, esp. Guinea, but now naturalized in tropical America, esp. in the West Indies and Brazil.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  a dark-colored carbonated soft drink flavored with extract of the cola nut, and often colored with caramel; also, any soft drink similar in color and flavor to a cola-flavored drink. The name was predominantly derived from the popular soft drink Coca-Cola.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Cola, n. (also kola)
1 any small tree of the genus Cola, native to W. Africa, bearing seeds containing caffeine.
2 a carbonated drink usu. flavoured with these seeds.

Idiom

cola nut a seed of the tree.

Etymology

W.Afr.