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cu⋅beb
[kyoo-beb] 
–noun
| the spicy fruit or drupe of an East Indian climbing shrub, Piper cubeba, of the pepper family. |
Origin:
1250–1300; < ML cubēba < Ar kubābah (classical Ar kabābah); r. ME cucube, quibibe < AF, MF < ML, as above
1250–1300; < ML cubēba < Ar kubābah (classical Ar kabābah); r. ME cucube, quibibe < AF, MF < ML, as above
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| cu·beb (kyōō'běb') n.
[Middle English cubebe, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cubēba, from Arabic dialectal kubāba, variant of Arabic kabāba.] |
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Cubeb
Cu"beb\ (k?"b?b), n. [F. cub?be (cf. It. cubebe, Pr., Sp., Pg., & NL. cubeba), fr. Ar. kab?bat.] The small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (Piper Cubeba; in med., Cubeba officinalis), native in Java and Borneo, but now cultivated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative.
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Main Entry: cu·beb
Pronunciation: 'kyü-"beb
Function: noun
: the dried unripe berry of a tropical shrub (Piper cubeba) of the pepperfamily that was formerly used medicinally when powdered for its effect on mucous membranes especially as a urinary antiseptic and in chronic bronchitis
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