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cubeb
N พืช ประเภท เถา พวก Piper Cubeba ใช้ รักษาโรค ทางเดิน ปัสสาวะ และ หลอดลม
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CUBEB
n.The small spicy berry of the Piper cubeba, from Java and the other E. India isles. It was formerly called, from its short stems, Piper caudatum, or tailed pepper. It resembles a grain of pepper, but is somewhat longer. In aromatic warmth and pungency, it is far inferior to pepper.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CUBEB
Cu "beb (k "bb ), n. Etym: [F. cub (cf. It. cubebe, Pr. , Sp. , Pg. , & NL. cubeba ), fr. Ar. kab.]
Defn: 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.
CUBEBIC
CUBEBIC Cu *beb "ic (k-bb "k ), a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, cubebs; as, cubebic acid (a soft olive-green resin extracted from cubebs ).
New American Oxford Dictionary
cubeb
cu beb |ˈkyo͞oˌbeb ˈkjubɛb | ▶noun a tropical shrub of the pepper family that bears pungent berries. [Genus Piper, family Piperaceae: several species, including the Asian P. cubeba. ] • the dried unripe berries of this shrub, used medicinally and to flavor cigarettes. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French cubebe, from Spanish Arabic kubēba, from Arabic kubāba.
Oxford Dictionary
cubeb
cubeb |ˈkjuːbɛb | ▶noun a tropical shrub of the pepper family, which bears pungent berries. ●Genus Piper, family Piperaceae: several species. • [ mass noun ] the dried unripe berries of the cubeb, used medicinally and to flavour cigarettes. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French cubebe, from Spanish Arabic kubēba, from Arabic kubāba.
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