Cubeb

n.

1.

(Med.) 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.

Noun	1.	cubeb - spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes
	2.	cubeb - tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits Synonyms: cubeb vine, Java pepper, Piper cubeba
	3.	cubeb - a cigarette containing cubeb Synonyms: cubeb cigarette

cubeb cigarette, cubeb vine, fruit, Java pepper, Piper cubeba