Noun
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 dictionaryAs 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