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Cubeb

Cubeb Meaning & Definition
Cubeb Definition And Meaning

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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