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noun
A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
One of the berries of this plant, used as a condiment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a cigarette containing cubeb
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cubeb cigarette
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Broader terms: cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag
noun
tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cubeb vine, Java pepper, Piper cubeba
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Broader terms: true pepper, pepper vine
noun
spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fruit
History
From Middle English quibibe, from Old French quibibe, cubebe, from Arabic كُبَابَة (kubāba). The current form is remodelled after modern French cubèbe.
Across languages
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
