Definition of cubeb Cubeb
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What does cubeb mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: cubebs |
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| cubeb - spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes | ||
| fruit the consequence of some effort or action; "he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies" | ||
| cubeb vine, java pepper, piper cubeba, cubeb a cigarette containing cubeb | ||
| cubeb - tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits | ||
| cubeb vine, Java pepper, Piper cubeba | ||
| pepper vine, true pepper any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper | ||
| genus piper, piper someone who plays the bagpipe | ||
| cubeb - a cigarette containing cubeb | ||
| cubeb cigarette | ||
| cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag, butt finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking | ||
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Wiktionary 
- cubeb (Noun)
The tailed pepper , ; an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cubeb (n.)
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cubeb
kū′beb, n. the dried berry of Piper cubeba, a climbing shrub, native to Sumatra—useful as a stomachic and carminative in indigestion, for piles and for sore throats.—n. Cubeb′in, a crystallising substance in cubebs. [Fr. cubèbe—Ar. kabābah.]
Part of speech
🔤- cubeb, noun, singular of cubebs.
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