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cubeb

/ˈkjuːbɛb/

cubeb noun: a tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.

cubeb: a tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential...
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Noun

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.
    • 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

cubeb meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Sanskrit

cubeb in Hindi

Piper cubeba
कबाबचीनी kabābcīnī

cubeb in Tamil

வால்மிளகு

cubeb in Urdu

Piper cubeba
کباب چینی kabāb cīnī

cubeb in Sanskrit

Piper cubeba
गन्धमरिच gandhamarica
More languagesFewer languages
cubeb in Arabic
كَبَابَة kabāba, حَبّ الْعَرُوس ḥabb al-ʕarūs
cubeb in Malay
kemukus, lada berekor
cubeb in Indonesian
kemukus
cubeb in Persian
کبابهٔ چینی kabâba-ye čini, rarer کباب چینی kabâb-e čini

Synonyms of cubeb

Forms of cubeb

pluralcubebs

Origin of cubeb

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

Words formed from cubeb

Phrases with cubeb

Questions about cubeb

What does cubeb mean?
Cubeb means a tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.
What is cubeb in Hindi?
Cubeb in Hindi is कबाबचीनी (kabābcīnī). See Cubeb meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cubeb?
Cubeb is a noun.
How do you pronounce cubeb?
Cubeb is pronounced /ˈkjuːbɛb/.
What is the plural of cubeb?
The plural of cubeb is cubebs.

Words near cubeb in the dictionary

  1. cube with handles
  2. cube-shaped
  3. cube-square law
  4. cubeage
  5. cubeages
  6. cubeb
  7. cubeb berries
  8. cubeb berry
  9. cubebene
  10. cubebenes
  11. cubebic acid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cubeb (page history and authors); cubeb (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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