CUBEB

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A cigarette containing cubeb

Synonyms:

cubeb; cubeb cigarette

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cubeb" is a kind of...):

butt; cigaret; cigarette; coffin nail; fag (finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking)

Meronyms (substance of "cubeb"):

cubeb (spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes)

Meaning:

Tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits

Synonyms:

cubeb; cubeb vine; Java pepper; Piper cubeba

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cubeb" is a kind of...):

pepper vine; true pepper (any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper)

Meronyms (parts of "cubeb"):

cubeb (spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes)

Holonyms ("cubeb" is a member of...):

genus Piper; Piper (type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs)

Meaning:

Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cubeb" is a kind of...):

fruit (the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant)

Holonyms ("cubeb" is a part of...):

cubeb; cubeb vine; Java pepper; Piper cubeba (tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits)

Holonyms ("cubeb" is a substance of...):

cubeb; cubeb cigarette (a cigarette containing cubeb)