Cubeb is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.
You can make 29 anagrams from letters in cubeb (bbceu).
1250-1300; Medieval Latin cubēba Arabic kubābah (classical Arabic kabābah); replacing Middle English cucube, quibibe Anglo-French, Middle French Medieval Latin, as above
In the thirteenth century cubeb is mentioned among the import articles of London.
At the beginning of the nineteenth century cubeb disappeared almost entirely from medical practice.
There was a strange medicinal odor—as of cubeb cigarettes—in the air.
The cubeb is cultivated in Java and Sumatra, the fruits are gathered before they are ripe, and carefully dried.