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語源

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

発音

• IPA: /ˈkjuːbɛb/

名詞

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.

同意語

• tailed pepper
• Java pepper

派生語