🌿 A tropical vine 🫐 A spicy fruit 🚬 A herbal cigarette

cubeb

9.9

A tropical plant that produces spicy berries used for cooking and medicine

noun
/ˈkjuːbɛb/

Specialized

: cubeba

The cubeb plant thrives in humid conditions.

Examples

In traditional medicine, cubeb has been used for its unique properties.
In traditional medicine, cubeb has been used for its unique properties.
Aromatic cubeb berries were once popular in spice blends across Europe.
The chef added a pinch of cubeb to enhance the sauce's flavor.
I added cubebs to my spice rack.
Aromatic cubeb berries were once popular in spice blends across Europe.
The chef added a pinch of cubeb to enhance the sauce's flavor.

Synonyms

Piper cubeba

vscubeb

Specialized

9.9

A tropical vine that makes strong, pepper-like fruits used as a spice and in traditional medicine

is the common everyday name rather than the Latin form

cubeb vine

vscubeb

Specialized

9.9

A tropical vine that makes peppery berries used as a spice and medicine

is the shorter single-word name instead of a descriptive phrase

Compounds

cubeb cigarette

Archaic

9.9

A cigarette that contains cubeb, a spice once used for medicine

cubeb vine

Specialized

9.9

A tropical vine that makes peppery berries used as a spice and medicine

How Spicy

bird pepper

8.9

cubeb

Specialized

9.9

Ashanti pepper

9.5

black pepper

21 1.0

white pepper

3 2.4

paprika

20 2.5

Surface Forms

cubeb singular

cubebs plural

Etymology

Cubeb came into English with spice traders who brought this vine from Southeast Asia and the Arab world. It is like a kind of 'pepper', so the name refers to the plant that gives the spicy berries.