kava

A beverage, in the South Sea Islands, made by steeping the Piper inebrians in water.

Kava
·noun A species of Macropiper (M. methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicat...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
kava
n. The word is Tongan for: 1) An ornamental shrub, Piper methysticum, Miq.; also Macropiper latifo...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris