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kava.

Any member of the species Piper methysticum, a plant from the South Pacific.

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Meaning & usage

noun/kɑː.və/UK
  1. Any member of the species Piper methysticum, a plant from the South Pacific.

    countable · uncountable
  2. An intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ Proto-Polynesian *kawa Tongan kavader. English kava From Tongan kava, in turn from Proto-Polynesian *kawa. Doublet of ʻawa, ava, kawa, and yava.

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