'Piper Cubeba' definitions:
Definition of 'Piper cubeba'
From: WordNet
noun
Tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits [syn: cubeb, cubeb vine, Java pepper, Piper cubeba]
Definition of 'Piper Cubeba'
From: GCIDE
- 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]