The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word COCA
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More clues leading to the result COCA
- Source for drug company has beginnings in Central America
- Firm originally cultivating a South American shrub
- Colorado cases where to get snow
- About to join firm's plant in South America
- . Company accountant leaves
- Stimulant firm with beginnings in Central America
- Taste of tobacco came as leaf chewed
- Source of drug firm can access initially
- What’s company about? It produces drug
- Drops of concentrate of citric acid for plant
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The straight part
We know that "plant" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case plant = coca.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does COCA mean?
COCA noun- Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
- The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine.
- A pastry typically made and consumed in the Spanish Mediterranean coast.