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 Definitions of cubeb  [ˈkyu bɛb]  

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Definition of 'cubeb' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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



'cubeb' - Nearby Entries  

cubby  cubbyhole  cube  cubeb  cubeb cigarette  cubeb vine  cubelike  



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