Meanings
plural cubebs
- A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nountropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Arabicكُبَابَة
- Old Frenchquibibe
- Middle Englishquibibe
- Englishcubeb
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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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic كَبَابَة, حَبّ الْعَرُوس
- كَبَابَة (kabāba)Piper cubeba
- حَبّ الْعَرُوس (ḥabb al-ʕarūs)Piper cubeba
Catalan cubeba
- cubebaPiper cubeba
Chinese Mandarin 蓽澄茄 /荜澄茄
- 蓽澄茄 /荜澄茄 (bì chéng qié)Piper cubeba
Czech pepřovník kubebový
- pepřovník kubebovýPiper cubeba
Dutch staartpeper
- staartpeperPiper cubeba
Finnish kubebapippuri
- kubebapippuriPiper cubeba
French poivre à queue, cubèbe m archaically
- poivre à queuePiper cubeba
- cubèbe m archaicallyPiper cubeba
German Kubebenpfeffer
- KubebenpfefferPiper cubeba
Hindi कबाबचीनी
- कबाबचीनी (kabābcīnī)Piper cubeba
Hungarian kubébabors, jávai bors
- kubébaborsPiper cubeba
- jávai borsPiper cubeba
Indonesian kemukus
- kemukusPiper cubeba
Italian cubebe
- cubebePiper cubeba
Malay kemukus, lada berekor
- kemukusPiper cubeba
- lada berekorPiper cubeba
Persian کبابهٔ چینی, rarer کباب چینی
- کبابهٔ چینی (kabâba-ye čini)Piper cubeba
- rarer کباب چینی (kabâb-e čini)Piper cubeba
Romanian cubeb
- cubebPiper cubeba
Russian кубе́ба, пе́рец кубе́ба
- кубе́ба (kubéba)Piper cubeba
- пе́рец кубе́ба (pérec kubéba)Piper cubeba
Swedish kubebapeppar
- kubebapepparPiper cubeba
Turkish kübabe
- kübabePiper cubeba
Urdu کباب چینی
- کباب چینی (kabāb cīnī)Piper cubeba
Cite this entry
cubeb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cubeb
“cubeb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cubeb. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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