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cubeb.

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

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkjuːbɛb/
  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.

Where this word comes from

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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