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单词 cubeb
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cu•beb  (kyo̅o̅beb),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologythe spicy fruit or drupe of an East Indian climbing shrub, Piper cubeba, of the pepper family.
  • Medieval Latin, as above
  • Anglo-French, Middle French
  • Arabic kubābah (classical Arabic kabābah); replacing Middle English cucube, quibibe
  • Medieval Latin cubēba
  • 1250–1300

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cubeb /ˈkjuːbɛb/ n
  1. a SE Asian treelike piperaceous woody climbing plant, Piper cubeba, with brownish berries
  2. the unripe spicy fruit of this plant, dried and used as a stimulant and diuretic and sometimes smoked in cigarettes
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French cubebe, from Medieval Latin cubēba, from Arabic kubābah
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