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What is a cubeb?

What is a cubeb? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The tailed pepper, Piper cubeba; an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.
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In Europe the cubeb was a minor spice of late medieval times and the 17th century and was still being mentioned in some recipes in 18th-century European cookery books.
Evaluation of seven essential oils identifies cubeb oil as most effective attractant for detection of Xyleborus glabratus.
In a medium saucepan, caramelize the sugar, orange and lemon zest, cardamom, pink peppercorns, and cubeb berries.
Grains of paradise are among many hot spices, like long pepper and cubeb, from West Africa, where spices are ground and combined in complex blends.
At the beginning of the nineteenth century cubeb disappeared almost entirely from medical practice.
In the thirteenth century cubeb is mentioned among the import articles of London.

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