Kawa

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

  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}.]


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