variety of shrub common to the Pacific Islands; intoxicating beverage made from the roots of the kava shrub
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA 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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kavrin n : an alkaloid medicine (trade name kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive [syn: papaverine, kavrin]
Noun
1. an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub
(synonym) kavakava
(hypernym) alcohol, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant
(classification) Polynesia
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KAVA (1480 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News/Talk/Sports format. Licensed to Pueblo, Colorado, USA, it serves the Pueblo area. The station is currently owned by Pueblo Radio Group. KAVA also broadcasts at 93.9 FM on translator K230BB.
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Kava or kava-kava (Piper methysticum) (Piper: Latin for 'pepper', methysticum: (Latinized) Greek for 'intoxicating') is a crop of the western Pacific.
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Káva is a village in Pest county, Hungary.
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Kaveh the blacksmith ( Kaveh Ahangar, ) known as The Blacksmith of Isfahan or Kaveh of Isfahan, is a mythical figure in Iranian mythology who leads a popular uprising against a ruthless foreign ruler, Zahhak. His story is narrated in the epic of Shahnama, the national epic of Iran by the 10th-century Persian poet Ferdowsi Tousi. Based on Avestan tradition, Zahhak, or more correctly Azhi Dahaka, is from Babylonia and more or less a demon, not human. Ferdowsi masterfully recasts this mythical character as an evil and tyrannical king.
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