kava

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ka=va

CIDE DICTIONARY

kava, n. [Polynesian.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

kava, n.
1 a Polynesian shrub, Piper methysticum.
2 an intoxicating drink made from the crushed roots of this.

Etymology

Polynesian

THESAURUS

kava

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