cubebe

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

cubebe m (plural cubebi)

1. 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

1. Alternative form of quibibe