|
|
1. (n.) cubeb
the spicy fruit of an East Indian climbing shrub, Piper cubeba, of the pepper family.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME cucube < AF, MF < ML cubēba < Ar kubābah (classical Ar kabābah))
|
| Definition of 'cubeb' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) cubeb
spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes
2. (noun) cubeb, cubeb vine, Java pepper, Piper cubeba
tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits
3. (noun) cubeb, cubeb cigarette
a cigarette containing cubeb
|
| Definition of 'cubeb' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (noun) cubeb
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
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'cubeb' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of cubeb 
