cubeb

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

cubebs plural

词汇关系

近义词
tailed pepper Java pepper
衍生词
cubeb berry cubebic acid cubebin

词源

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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