piper cubeba

from 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}]

from 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]