piper cubeba

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piper cubeba - 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]

piper cubeba - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Piper cubeba
      n 1: tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy
           berrylike fruits [syn: cubeb, cubeb vine, Java pepper
           , Piper cubeba]