Thesaurus: cubeb

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1. n. 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.
2. n. spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes
3. n. tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits
4. n. a cigarette containing cubeb
5. 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.
6. The small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (Piper Cubeba; inmed., Cubeba officinalis), native in Java and Borneo, but nowcultivated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit ismuch used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative.
7. n. spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes n. tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits n. a cigarette containing cubeb