cubeb

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Java pepper cubeb cigarette cubeb vine Piper cubeba reefer behind salt pepper smoke spice butt ass condiment puff fag
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Antonyms

vape e-cigarette

Hypernyms

fruit cigarette butt fag cigaret coffin nail

Examples

As medicine and stimulant At a Kava club in Tonga Cubeb (P. Source: Internet

But reputedly Philip IV of Spain at the end of the 1630s suppressed trade in cubeb peppercorns to capitalize on his massive share of the black pepper trade. citation After a brief comeback as a medical plant, Cubeb is nowadays fairly obscure in the West. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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