cubeb en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkjuːbɛb/
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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.
Meanings
- 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.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 60:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cubebs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cubebic acid · cubebin · cubeb berry
Synonyms
Translations (35)
ru пе́рец кубе́ба (Piper cubeba) · su rinu (Piper cubeba) · hu kubébabors (Piper cubeba) · ro cubeb (Piper cubeba) · enm quibibe (Piper cubeba) · ru кубе́ба (Piper cubeba) · id kemukus (Piper cubeba) · cmn 蓽澄茄 /荜澄茄 (Piper cubeba) · bew merica buntut (Piper cubeba) · hi कबाबचीनी (Piper cubeba) · cs pepřovník kubebový (Piper cubeba) · ar حَبّ الْعَرُوس (Piper cubeba) · ms lada berekor (Piper cubeba) · axm քապապայ (Piper cubeba) · sv kubebapeppar (Piper cubeba) · nl staartpeper (Piper cubeba) · fi kubebapippuri (Piper cubeba) · de Kubebenpfeffer (Piper cubeba) · hu jávai bors (Piper cubeba) · sa गन्धमरिच (Piper cubeba) · ur کباب چینی (Piper cubeba) · syc ܟܒܳܒܳܐ (Piper cubeba) · ca cubeba (Piper cubeba) · jv kumukus (Piper cubeba) · hy հնդկապղպեղ (Piper cubeba) · it cubebe (Piper cubeba) · ms kemukus (Piper cubeba) · tcy ಕಂಧಮುಣ್ಚಿ (Piper cubeba) · fa rarer کباب چینی (Piper cubeba) · fr cubèbe m archaically (Piper cubeba) · ar كَبَابَة (Piper cubeba) · fr poivre à queue (Piper cubeba) · fa کبابهٔ چینی (Piper cubeba) · tr kübabe (Piper cubeba) · shn မၢၵ်ႇၽိတ်ႉၶျၢင်း (Piper cubeba)