Cū'beb, n.

n. [Fr. cubēbe, It. cubēbe, Pr., Sp., Pg., & N. Lat. cubēba, from Ar. kabābat, Per. kabābah, Hind. kabāba.] (Bot.) The small, spicy berry of a tropical plant found in Java, Ceylon, and other parts of the East Indies, variously classified by different writers as Piper cubeba, Cubeba officinalis, and Uvaria zeylanica. It is stimulant and purgative.