cola; cola soft drink
Everyday word for the carbonated soft drink; normally written in katakana.
I drank a cold cola on a hot day.
I'd like a hamburger and a cola, please.
kola tree; cola tree
Abbreviated plant-name use for コーラの木; rare outside botanical or explanatory contexts and easily confused with the drink sense.
See also: コーラの木
As a plant name, コーラ can be used as an abbreviation for the kola tree.