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kuka
Quechua · pre-1500s
"coca plant"
the name for the plant whose leaves are chewed as a mild stimulant
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coca
Spanish · 1500s-1600s
"coca plant"
adopted from Quechua via Spanish colonial contact in the Andes
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coca
English · 1700s-1800s
"the plant whose leaves contain stimulant alkaloids"
adopted directly from Spanish
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