cubeb

/ˌkjuˈbɛb/

Other forms: cubebs

Definitions of cubeb

1. noun

   tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits
   synonyms: Java pepper, Piper cubeba, cubeb vine

   type of:

   pepper vine, true pepper

   any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper
2. noun

   spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes
   type of:

   fruit

   the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
3. noun

   a cigarette containing cubeb
   synonyms: cubeb cigarette

   type of:

   butt, cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag

   finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking