ˈkyüˌbeb noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French cubebe, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cubeba, from Arabic kubābah, kabābah
1.
a. : the dried unripe nearly fullgrown fruit of the Java pepper which is crushed and smoked in cigarettes for catarrh and from which there is prepared an oleoresin formerly used medicinally
b. : one of these fruits
2. or cubeb cigarette : a cigarette containing cubeb
3. : java pepper