[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

kava \ka"va\, n. polynesian. bot.
   a species of macropiper macropiper methysticum, the
   long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage
   is made by the polynesians, by a process of mastication;
   also, the beverage itself. written also kawa, kava, and
   ava.
   1913 webster
see also:
macropiper macropiper methysticum kawa kava ava 

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