What does "cubeb" mean?

A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.

What is a synonym for "cubeb"?

Common synonyms include: java pepper, condiment, cubeb cigarette, cubeb vine, java pepper, pepper.

Cubeb

//ˈkjuːbɛb// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1
A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.
2
a cigarette containing cubeb wordnet
3
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."
4
tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits wordnet
5
spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes wordnet

Synonyms

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java pepper condiment cubeb cigarette cubeb vine java pepper pepper

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"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."

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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