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cubé

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cu⋅be

2[kyoo-bey]
–noun
any of several tropical plants of the legume family that are used in making fish poisons and insecticides.
Also, cu⋅bé [kyoo-bey] .


Origin:
1920–25; orig. uncert.
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cu·bé also cu·be   (kyōō'bā', kyōō-bā')   
n.  Any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus in the pea family, whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone.

[American Spanish.]
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cube   (kyb)  Pronunciation Key 
Verb   To multiply a number or a quantity by itself three times; raise to the third power. For example, five cubed is 5 × 5 × 5.

Noun  
  1. The product that results when a number or quantity is cubed. For example, the cube of 5 is 125.

  2. A solid having six equal square faces or sides.


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