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Meanings of coca in English

Portuguese
coca
Catalan
coca (planta)
Spanish
erythroxylum coca

A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine.

coca
Spanish
imogene coca

United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001)

imogene coca
Usage of coca in English
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We shouldn't just be eradicating coca - we should be eradicating poverty.
The Guardian
2
This pouch contained a quantity of the dry leaves of the coca.
The Forest Exiles: The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds ...
3
That's the stage where we are now in the eradication of coca.
Reuters
4
Among the most useful are heroin, morphine, opium, coca, hemp, and peyote.
The Status Civilization
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They sprayed the coca, but they also killed all our food crops.
The Guardian
6
But hundreds of farmers continue to plant coca throughout the country.
The Guardian
7
The party already includes several prominent members sympathetic to coca farmers.
Reuters
8
The former coca farmer said the U.S. government had also offered a plane.
Reuters
9
Colombia's current coca crop is the largest in history, said Klapper.
The Guardian
10
Mining communities, coca farmers and rural villages generally still support him.
Reuters
11
And we are committed to the legal industrialization and commercialization of coca products.
The new yorker
12
We don't have enough coca or coffee plants yet for a commercial-sized crop.
Reach for Infinity
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After some reduction of coca crops in the 2000s, they are growing again.
The Guardian
14
A resident of Villazon, on the Argentina-Bolivia border chews coca leave November 2009.
Reuters
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Surprisingly they were all drinking only coffee, coca cola or water.
Reuters
16
Meanwhile, eat a little coca; it will keep up your strength.
At the Point of the Sword
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