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| 1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
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, cubeb vine, Java pepper, Piper
cubeba]
3: a cigarette containing cubeb [syn: cubeb, cubeb
cigarette]
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| 2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
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] | ||
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