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cu·beb

(kyo͞o′bĕb′)

1. A tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine (Piper cubeba) having spicy, berrylike fruits, heart-shaped leaves, and small flowers in cylindrical spikes.

2. The dried, unripe, berrylike fruit of this plant, used in perfumery, pharmaceuticals, and commercial flavorings.

[Middle English cubebe, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cubēba, from Arabic dialectal kubāba, variant of Arabic kabāba.]

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cubeb

(ˈkjuːbɛb)

1. (Plants) a SE Asian treelike piperaceous woody climbing plant, Piper cubeba, with brownish berries

2. (Biochemistry) the unripe spicy fruit of this plant, dried and used as a stimulant and diuretic and sometimes smoked in cigarettes

[C14: from Old French cubebe, from Medieval Latin cubēba, from Arabic kubābah]

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cu•beb

(ˈkyu bɛb)

n.

the spicy fruit of an East Indian climbing shrub, Piper cubeba, of the pepper family.

[1250–1300; Middle English cucube < Anglo-French, Middle French < Medieval Latin cubēba < Arabic kubābah (classical Arabic kabābah)]

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