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English noun: cubeb

1. cubeb (plant) spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes


Broader (hypernym)fruit


Part meronymcubeb, cubeb vine, Java pepper, Piper cubeba


Substance meronymcubeb, cubeb cigarette

2. cubeb (plant) tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits


Synonymscubeb vine, Java pepper, Piper cubeba


Broader (hypernym)pepper vine, true pepper


Part holonymcubeb


Member meronymgenus Piper, Piper

3. cubeb (artifact) a cigarette containing cubeb


Synonymscubeb cigarette


Broader (hypernym)butt, cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, fag


Substance holonymcubeb









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