cubeb
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- Scrabble points
- 11
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- 15
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- 5
Definition of cubeb
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.
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noun
- A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.
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One of the berries of this plant, used as a condiment.
“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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Etymology
From Middle English quibibe, from Old French quibibe, cubebe, from Arabic كُبَابَة (kubāba). The current form is remodelled after modern French cubèbe.
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