kava : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: kava	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for kava
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kava n an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub Synonym(s): kava, kavakava
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}.]