kola nut
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of kola nut
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Local people says the tree grew in the spot where renowned priest Komfo Anokye spat a kola nut on the ground in the early 1700s.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2023
The “cola” in Coca-Cola is actually the kola nut, the seed of the West African tropical evergreen tree Cola acuminata, which looks like a chestnut kissed by someone wearing Barbie-pink lipstick.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
The Nigerian immigrant sits at the till shrouded in an anorak, chewing on a bitter kola nut.
From Reuters ● Apr. 10, 2019
Eight O’Clock Light Show, for example, mixes ginseng and kola nut, among other recruits, into a rum and yuzu combination designed to combat fatigue.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2017
They speak of small things: the intoxication of kola nut, or how no food hath tasted right for these twenty years without palm oil.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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