Search Result for "piper_cubeba":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits;
[syn: cubeb, cubeb vine, Java pepper, Piper cubeba]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cubeb \Cu"beb\ (k[=u]"b[e^]b), n. [F. cub[`e]be (cf. It. cubebe, Pr., Sp., Pg., & NL. cubeba), fr. Ar. kab[=a]bat.] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Piper cubeba n 1: tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits [syn: cubeb, cubeb vine, Java pepper, Piper cubeba]