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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
actually i believe the origine of the name "coca-cola" is two of its (original) ingredients, cocaïne, and cola (from the cola plant). cola is the name of the plant so anyone can make a drink called "cola."
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That's actually back to front.
The plant which cocaine comes from is called the "coca" plant; the original formulation of Coca Cola contained cocaine and was sold as a medicinal health tonic. The word "cola" is just a generic word, as far as I know.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca