Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Cubeb

Online Resource Library

Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | Download

Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Cubeb


Subjects in this Topic:

(n.) 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.