cubebe

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cubeba, from Arabic كُبَابَة (kubāba).

Noun

cubebe m (plural cubebi)

cubeb, tailed pepper (Piper cubeba).

Further reading

Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “cubebe”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
cubebe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Middle English

Noun

cubebe

Alternative form of quibibe

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