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Noun (2 meanings)
1. large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
cola is a type of:
- dilleniid dicot genus (noun) - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
cola is a member of:
- Sterculiaceae, family Sterculiaceae, sterculia family (noun) - a large family of plants of order Malvales
members of cola:
- kola, kola nut, kola nut tree, goora nut, Cola acuminata (noun) - tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine
2. carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States).
cola is a type of:
- soft drink (noun) - nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated)
types of cola:
- Coca Cola, Coke (noun) - Coca Cola is a trademarked cola
- Pepsi, Pepsi Cola (noun) - Pepsi Cola is a trademarked cola
cola is made from:
Domain of synset - REGION:
- United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. (noun) - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean
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Noun (5 meanings)
1. the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted.
colon is a type of:
- large intestine (noun) - beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum
types of colon:
- ascending colon (noun) - the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon
- descending colon (noun) - the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon
- megacolon (noun) - an abnormal enlargement of the colon
- sigmoid colon, sigmoid flexure (noun) - the s-shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum
- transverse colon (noun) - the part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon
parts of colon:
- sigmoid vein, vena sigmoideus (noun) - tributaries of the inferior mesenteric vein
colon is derivationally related to:
- colonic (adjective) - of or relating to the colon
2. the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos.
colon is a type of:
- El Salvadoran monetary unit (noun) - monetary unit in El Salvador
parts of colon:
- centavo (noun) - a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal
3. the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos.
colon is a type of:
- Costa Rican monetary unit (noun) - monetary unit in Costa Rica
parts of colon:
- centimo (noun) - a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain
colon is an instance of:
- city, metropolis, urban center (noun) - a large and densely populated urban area
- port (noun) - a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
colon is a part of:
- Panama, Republic of Panama (noun) - a republic on the Isthmus of Panama
5. a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter).
colon is a type of:
- punctuation, punctuation mark (noun) - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases