Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Kava"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kava \Ka"va\, n. [Polynesian.] (Bot.)
A species of {Macropiper} ({M. 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}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
kava
n : (Polynesian) an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots
of the kava shrub [syn: {kavakava}]
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