cubeb

[ kyoo-beb ]
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noun
  1. the spicy fruit or drupe of an East Indian climbing shrub, Piper cubeba, of the pepper family.

Origin of cubeb

1
1250–1300; <Medieval Latin cubēba<Arabic kubābah (classical Arabic kabābah); replacing Middle English cucube, quibibe<Anglo-French, Middle French <Medieval Latin, as above

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cubeb

/ (ˈkjuːbɛb) /


noun
  1. a SE Asian treelike piperaceous woody climbing plant, Piper cubeba, with brownish berries

  2. the unripe spicy fruit of this plant, dried and used as a stimulant and diuretic and sometimes smoked in cigarettes

Origin of cubeb

1
C14: from Old French cubebe, from Medieval Latin cubēba, from Arabic kubābah

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