cubeb noun.
['kju:bɛb] ME.[Old & mod. French cubèbe, quibibe (medieval Latin cubeba, quibiba) from Hispano-Arab. kubēba for Arab. kubāba.]The pungent berry of a SE Asian shrub of the pepper family,
Piper cubeba, used in medicine (esp. crushed in medicated cigarettes) and cookery. Usu. in
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