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Coca
Encyclopedia Britannica
COCA. See Cuca.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 6, p. 91
[3 words — estimated reading time: 1 minute]
[3 words — estimated reading time: 1 minute]
1. An imaginary country of idleness and luxury.
2. The land of cockneys; cockneydom; -- a term applied to London and its suburbs.
A powerful alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain.
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