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cube

cube

3 9.9
A tropical American plant whose roots people use to stun fish and kill insects
  • noun
  • /kjuːb/
  • Specialized
translation icon : Lonchocarpus
  • Farmers in the Amazon grow the cube plant because its roots are known to be effective for catching fish.

Examples

  • Traditional healers often use the roots of the cube for their medicinal properties, including its use as a fish poison.

  • You like the super spicy bean cube, right?

    It's Our Game: Team Canada's Victory at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey (2004)

  • How many ice cubes does La Memoria like in the glass?

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Cheese cubes, cottage cheese, yogurt, heavy cream, and sweetener as a snack, etc.

    Blog text (28)

  • The indigenous people used the roots of the cube plant to create a fish poison for their traps.

Synonyms

Lonchocarpus
vscube
  • Specialized
9.9

Tropical American bushes and trees with feather-like leaves and white or red flowers

refers specifically to those species used as fish poison and rotenone source

Compounds

ice cube
34 1.0

A small square piece of frozen water used to cool drinks

bouillon cube
1 3.0

A small cube of strong meat or vegetable stock you dissolve in hot water to make soup

cube root
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A number that when multiplied by itself twice gives a given number

stock cube
  • UK
1 3.0

A small cube of dried broth that adds flavor to soups and stews

Surface Forms

cube singular
cubes plural

Etymology

Cube for the tropical plant comes from a local name used in the Americas for certain roots that were used to stun fish and make insect poison, and English kept this simple local word to name the plant and its poisonous root.