cubeb

/ˈkjubɛb/
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Other forms: cubebs

Definitions of cubeb
  1. noun
    tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits
    synonyms: Java pepper, Piper cubeba, cubeb vine
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    type of:
    pepper vine, true pepper
    any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper
  2. noun
    spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes
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    type of:
    fruit
    the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
  3. noun
    a cigarette containing cubeb
    synonyms: cubeb cigarette
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    type of:
    butt, cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag
    finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
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