"awa" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1874, Charles Nordhoff, Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands, New York: Harper & Brothers, page 92:",
          "text": "The manner of preparing awa is peculiarly disgusting. The root is chewed by women, and the spit out well-chewed mouthfuls into a calabash.",
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          "ref": "1900, Oliver P. Emerson, “The Awa Habit of the Hawaiians”, in All about Hawaii: The Recognized Book of Authentic Information on Hawaii, Combined with Thrum's Hawaiian Annual and Standard Guide, Honolulu: Honolulu Gazette Co., page 131:",
          "text": "The awa plant is a species of pepper, the piper methysticum of the botanist, and is described as having fleshy stems from two to three feet high.",
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          "text": "The Hawaiian gods were supposed to be particularly addicted to the use of awa. Songs were sung in praise of the drink.",
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          "text": "When the prayer had finished, the awa was drunk and the sacred feast then began.",
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