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PIPER CUBEBA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Piper cubeba mean? 

PIPER CUBEBA (noun)
  The noun PIPER CUBEBA has 1 sense:

1. tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruitsplay

  Familiarity information: PIPER CUBEBA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PIPER CUBEBA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cubeb; cubeb vine; Java pepper; Piper cubeba

Hypernyms ("Piper cubeba" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "Piper cubeba"):

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

Holonyms ("Piper cubeba" is a member of...):

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


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