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Co⋅ca

[koh-kuh]
–noun
Imogene, 1908–2001, U.S. comic actress.
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Co·ca   (kō'kə)   
American comedian who costarred in comedy sketches with Sid Caesar on the weekly television program "Your Show of Shows" (1950-1954).
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Word Origin & History

coca 
1616, from Sp. coca, from Quechua cuca. Coca-Cola invented in Atlanta, Ga., 1886, by druggist Dr. John S. Pemberton. So called because original ingredients were derived from coca leaves and cola nuts, it contained minute amounts of cocaine until 1909. Coca-colanization coined 1950.
"Drink the brain tonic and intellectual soda fountain beverage Coca-Cola." [Atlanta "Evening Journal," June 30, 1887].
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: co·ca
Pronunciation: 'kO-k&
Function: noun
1 : any of several So. American shrubs (genus Erythroxylon of the familyErythroxylaceae); especially : one (E. coca) that is the primary source of cocaine
2 : dried leaves of a coca (as E. coca) containing alkaloidsincluding cocaine
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