Meanings
plural kola nuts · alternative colanut · alternative cola nut · alternative kolanut
- The edible seed of the kola tree, Cola acuminata and related species, used as a flavoring and as a source of caffeine.
The local people here believe that kola nut tea -- or as they call it, bissy tea -- is a cure for all ailments.
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A newspaper was on his lap as he ruminatively chewed on half a bitter kola nut, which he occasionally dipped into a small bowl of yellow salt that was set beside him.
2005, Helen Oyeyemi, The Icarus Girl, Bloomsbury, page 306Synonyms: kola
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe edible seed of the kola tree, Cola acuminata and related species, used as a flavoring and as a source of caffeine.
More synonyms by meaning
nountree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish kolapähkinä
- kolapähkinäseed
German Kolanuss
- Kolanussseed
Hindi कोला
- कोला (kolā)seed
Italian noce di cola
- noce di colaseed
Portuguese noz-de-cola, obi
- noz-de-colaseed
- obiseed
Spanish nuez de cola
- nuez de colaseed
Cite this entry
kola nut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kola%20nut
“kola nut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kola%20nut. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kola nut,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kola%20nut.
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