kava

kava
1. SYN: methysticum. 2. SYN: yaqona. [Tongan and Marquesan, Litter]

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ka·va 'käv-ə n
1) an Australasian shrubby pepper (Piper methysticum) from whose crushed root an intoxicating beverage is made also the beverage
2) a preparation consisting of the ground dried rhizome and roots of the kava plant that is used as a dietary supplement chiefly to relieve stress, anxiety, and sleeplessness and in folk medicine esp. as a diuretic and urogenital antiseptic and that has been linked to cases of severe liver injury

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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