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Definition of Cubeb

1. Noun. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes.

2. Noun. Tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits.

3. Noun. A cigarette containing cubeb.

Definition of Cubeb

1. 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.

Definition of Cubeb

1. a woody vine [n -S]

Medical Definition of Cubeb

1. The dried unripe, nearly full-grown fruit of Piper cubeba (family Piperaceae), a climbing plant of the West Indies, used as stimulant, carminative, and local irritant; cubeb oil has been used as a mild urinary antiseptic. Origin: Ar. And Hindu, kababa (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cubeb

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cubbyhole cubbyholes cube cube-shaped cubeb (current term) cubeb (current term) cubebs cubeb cigarette cubeb vine cubed

cubelike cuber cubers cubes cube pessary cube root cubhood cubhoods cubic cubica

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