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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Kava

· Ka·va · IPA /kɑː.və/
01 n. A species of Macropiper (Macropiper methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesia…
  1. 1.
    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.(Bot.)