About The Word Cubeb
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Cubeb
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What's The Definition Of Cubeb?
[n] a cigarette containing cubeb
[n] tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits [n] spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes Synonyms | Synonyms for Cubeb: cubeb cigarette | cubeb vine | Java pepper | Piper cubeba Related Terms | Find terms related to Cubeb: See Also | butt | cigaret | cigarette | coffin nail | cubeb | cubeb | cubeb cigarette | fag | fruit | genus Piper | pepper vine | Piper | true pepper Cubeb In Webster's Dictionary \Cu"beb\ (k?"b?b), n. [F. cub?be (cf. It. cubebe, Pr.,
Sp., Pg., & NL. cubeba), fr. Ar. kab?bat.]
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.
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