cubeb

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English

Piper cubeba
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Etymology

From Middle English quibibe, from Old French quibibe, cubebe, from Arabic كُبَابَة (kubāba). The current form is remodelled after modern French cubèbe.

Pronunciation

Noun

cubeb (plural cubebs)

  1. A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.
  2. One of the berries of this plant, used as a condiment.
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 60:
      Chestnuts, soaked in muscadel, then boiled, along with satyrion, pistachio nuts, pine kernels, cubebs, cinnamon, rocket seed and sugar. Compounded together, these ingredient form a stimulating electuary.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cubèbe.

Noun

cubeb m (plural cubebi)

  1. cubeb

Declension

Declension of cubeb
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative cubeb cubebul cubebi cubebii
genitive-dative cubeb cubebului cubebi cubebilor
vocative cubebule cubebilor