kava

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics

Images

Read Next

Little boy drinking a glass of milk outdoors. child food

Why Did Adult Humans Start Drinking Milk?

Little girl eating a bowl of cereal with milk. Cheerios Breakfast

Why Do People Eat Cereal with Milk?

curly kale. Kale or borecole (Brassica oleracea Acephala Group) a loose leafed, edible plant derived from the cabbage. vegetable

Nutritional Powerhouses: 8 Foods That Pack a Nutritional Punch

microwave, kitchen

Why Do Some Foods Explode in the Microwave?

Harira Moroccan soup

Some Like It Hot: 9 Soups from Around the World

Discover

Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

Coriander leaves, fresh green cilantro on wooden background, herbs

Why Does Cilantro Taste Like Soap to Some People?

Indian hijras participate in a religious procession in Gandhinagar, India, some 30 kilometers from Ahmedabad, on March 22, 2017. Hijra is a term used in South Asia which refers to transgender individuals who are born male. (gender identity, gender expression)

6 Cultures That Recognize More than Two Genders

Monitor. Varanus salvadorii is a monitor lizard found in New Guinea can grows to 2.7 metres (9 ft.) aka Tree crocodile, Crocodile monitor, Salvadori's monitor, artellia, reptile

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Lizards and Turtles

The Prado Museum facade at the Diego Velaszquez memorial. Established in 1819, the museum is considered the best collection of Spanish art and one of the world's finest collections of European art. Madrid, Spain

20 Paintings You Have to Visit at the Museo del Prado in Madrid

Nativity Scene, Adoration of the Magi, Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Montenegro

Why Is Christmas in December?

Four year old boy with grandfather and father lighting Hanukkah menorah. Photo taken on: December 21st, 2009

Which Is Correct: Hanukkah or Chanukah?

kava: Media

beverage

Images

kava

kava

Kava root drying in Lovoni village, Ovalau island, Fiji.

Helen Creighton

kava root

kava root

Roots of the kava plant (Piper methysticum) used to make the beverage kava.

© Craig Levers/Dreamstime.com

VIEW MORE in these related Britannica articles: