Cubeb

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cubeb \Cu"beb\ (k[=u]"b[e^]b), n. [F. cub[`e]be (cf. It. cubebe,
     Pr., Sp., Pg., & NL. cubeba), fr. Ar. kab[=a]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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cubeb
       n 1: spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is
            used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in
            cigarettes
       2: tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy
          berrylike fruits [syn: {cubeb vine}, {Java pepper}, {Piper
          cubeba}]
       3: a cigarette containing cubeb [syn: {cubeb cigarette}]