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

cubeb

9.9
A dried spicy berry used for cooking, perfume, or smoking
  • noun
  • /ˈkjuːbɛb/
  • Specialized
translation icon : fruto de cubeba
  • The chef added cubeb to the sauce for a unique, spicy flavor.

Examples

  • Perfume makers value the aroma of cubeb in creating exotic scents.

  • Traditional medicine sometimes uses cubeb as an ingredient for treating certain ailments.

  • The cubeb is often used in traditional medicine.

  • She added cubebs to her spice blend for extra flavor.

  • Perfume makers value the aroma of cubeb in creating exotic scents.

  • The chef added cubeb to the sauce for a unique, spicy flavor.

  • Traditional medicine sometimes uses cubeb as an ingredient for treating certain ailments.

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

Surface Forms

cubeb singular
cubebs plural

Etymology

Cubeb is the old trade name for the dried, spicy berries of that vine brought to Europe; think of it like a special 'pepper' berry used in food, perfume, and medicine, which is why the word means the spice itself.