Definīcija:The berry of a climbing shrub Piper Cubeba or Cubeba officinalis, a native of Java and the adjacent islands; it resembles a grain of pepper, and has a pungent spicy flavour, and is used in medicine and cookery. (Usually in pl. cubebs, which in pharmacy is sometimes construed as a collect. sing.) African cubebs: the fruit of an allied African species, Piper clusii.