Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large East African tree. Trichilia emetica, whose fruit is considered emetic, and whose seeds yield a fatty oil.
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Examples
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To add to your list of names, in Greece this plant is known as roka ρόκα.
Weekend Herb Blogging #110 Haalo 2007
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The catchphrase on campus is "roka" - short for "remoted controlled" - education.
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The catchphrase on campus is "roka" - short for "remoted controlled" - education.
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The catchphrase on campus is "roka" - short for "remoted controlled" - education.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The catchphrase on campus is "roka" - short for "remoted controlled" - education.
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The "roka" is an advance that a buyer would pay a seller after which the seller would stop showing the land to others.
Desicritics Somik Raha 2008
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If you've tried buying land in India, chances are you've been asked to pay a "roka" as North Indians would call it.
Desicritics Somik Raha 2008
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I sniffed reluctantly at first, smelled the roka nuts and the cinnamon, then tasted it.
Virginity Sydney Kilgore 2010
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Brithelm was all embraces and questions as he led me to the fireside and set a steaming mug of roka in my hands.
Virginity Sydney Kilgore 2010
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To my relief, the roka was of someone2s brewing other than my spiritual brother2s.
Virginity Sydney Kilgore 2010
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