cu·beb

(kyū'beb),

The dried unripe, nearly full-grown fruit of Piper cubeba (family Piperaceae), a climbing plant of the West Indies, used as stimulant, carminative, and local irritant; cubeb oil has been used as a mild urinary antiseptic.

[Ar. and Hindu, kababa]

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cubeb

(kyo͞o′bĕb′)

1. A tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine (Piper cubeba) having spicy, berrylike fruits, heart-shaped leaves, and small flowers in cylindrical spikes.

2. The dried, unripe, berrylike fruit of this plant, used in perfumery, pharmaceuticals, and commercial flavorings.

References in periodicals archive

Alternately, leaves of Acorus calamus are mixed with roots of Glycyrrhiza glabra, fruits of Piper cubeba L.f.

Medicinal plant formulations of Kavirajes in several areas of Faridpur and Rajbari districts, Bangladesh

Isolation of tracheopasmolytic compounds from Piper cubeba fruits.

Inter-country exchanges of folk medicinal practices: a case study of a folk medicinal practitioner of Savar in Dhaka District, Bangladesh

For instance, leucorrhea was treated by him with Zingiber purpureum as well as a combination of Asparagus racemosus, Withania somnifera, and Piper cubeba. Similarly, eye infections were treated by him through three different formulations.

Differences in selection of ailments and medicinal plants by folk medicinal practitioners: a study of practitioners in Barobazar village of Jhenidaha district, Bangladesh

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