Meanings of kola nut in English

Let's start by cracking open that daily kola nut that is the Morning Reboot.

In West Africa, the kola nut's native habitat, people have long chewed them as stimulants.

But the other half of the name represents another ingredient, less infamous, perhaps, but also strangely potent: the kola nut.

The pod of the kola nut, if you've never had the pleasure of seeing one yourself, is about two inches long, and green.

From Caravans to Coca Cola outlines a history of the prized kola nut from its West African origins, weaving together primary sources and travel.

The flora is rich but not wide in variety, including the gum acacia, ebony, several dye woods, the kola nut, and probably tobacco and millet.

Kola nuts are still a traditional sign of friendship in West Africa.

Gold, skins, ivory, kola nuts, gums, honey, wheat, and cotton were exported, and the whole Mediterranean coast traded in the Sudan.

NKG: In the short-term, we will be launching five new products from our Hydrating Kola Nut Collection on HSN and HSN.com beginning in August.

From coffee in Europe to kola nuts in Africa, foods and drinks containing caffeine are the most widely consumed psychoactive substances in the world.

"We got some kola nuts from the natives at one of our stops, and wanted the stones to crack them with," stated Deveaux.