cubeb

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjuːbɛb/

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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.

• tailed pepper
• Java pepper

Borrowed from French cubèbe.

cubeb m (plural cubebi)

1. cubeb