Thesaurus: kava
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.
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- n. 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.
- n. an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub
- 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.]
- A species of Macropiper (M. methysticum), the long pepper, fromthe root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by thePolynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself.[Written also kawa, kava, and ava.]
- n:100 n. an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub