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cubeb
[ kyoo-beb ]
noun
- the spicy fruit or drupe of an East Indian climbing shrub, Piper cubeba, of the pepper family.
cubeb
/ ˈkjuːbɛb /
noun
- a SE Asian treelike piperaceous woody climbing plant, Piper cubeba, with brownish berries
- the unripe spicy fruit of this plant, dried and used as a stimulant and diuretic and sometimes smoked in cigarettes
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cubeb1
1250–1300; < Medieval Latin cubēba < Arabic kubābah (classical Arabic kabābah ); replacing Middle English cucube, quibibe < Anglo-French, Middle French < Medieval Latin, as above
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cubeb1
C14: from Old French cubebe, from Medieval Latin cubēba, from Arabic kubābah
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Example Sentences
Ordinarily, when afflicted by a catarrhal visitation, it is my habit to use for alleviation cubeb cigarettes.
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He smoked cubeb cigarettes with an almost unprecedented precocity.
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The cubeb is cultivated in Java and Sumatra, the fruits are gathered before they are ripe, and carefully dried.
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There was a strange medicinal odor—as of cubeb cigarettes—in the air.
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The cubeb-yielding plant is not unlike the pepper plant and belongs to the same family (Piperaceae).
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