CUBEB

cubeb, cubeb cigarette

(noun) a cigarette containing cubeb

cubeb, cubeb vine, Java pepper, Piper cubeba

(noun) tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits

cubeb

(noun) spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

cubeb (plural cubebs)

The tailed pepper, Piper cubeba; an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.

Synonyms

• tailed pepper

• Java pepper

Source: Wiktionary

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Cu"beb (k"bb), n. Etym: [F. cub (cf. It. cubebe, Pr., Sp., Pg., & NL. cubeba), fr. Ar. kab.]

Definition: The small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (Piper Cubeba; in med., Cubeba officinalis), native in Java and Borneo, but now cultivated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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