Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A variant form of coca.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun See coca.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Alternative form of coca.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Spanish, from native name.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word cuca.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • "'Have any of your young men ever brought you back the coca or cuca leaf from Peru?'

    "'Oh yes,' said the apothecary. 'There is a small sack behind the camomile...'"

    --Patrick O'Brian, The Letter of Marque, 258

    (note: Chamomile is spelled the way it is in the book, without the H.)

    February 29, 2008