a tropical shrub of the pepper family, which bears pungent berries 荜澄茄
Genus Piper, family Piperaceae: several species, including the Asian P. cubeba 胡椒属,胡椒科: 数属,包括亚洲荜澄茄 ■[mass noun]the dried unripe berries of this shrub, used medicinally and to flavour cigarettes 荜澄茄果实
语源
Middle English: from Old French cubebe, from Spanish Arabic kubēba, from Arabic kubāba