cubeba

cubeba, ~e [Ar. kabbāba < Pers.] , cubeb. 1243 de mercibus contentis in navibus que nuper applicuerunt in portu [de Sandwico] ‥ capi faciatis ‥ vj bales de pypere, vj bales de cymino et dim. c de ~ebe Cl 140; electuarium ducis valens ad ylii dolorem ‥: recipe ‥ semen aneti, calami aro[matici], †~ele, gariof[ili] ‥ Gilb. V 228. 2; sumatur ‥ de mirobalanis et galanga ~ebis rotula Bacon V 100; aperientia opilationes cerebri: ‥ muscata, majorana, †~ele Ib. IX 74 (cf. ib. IX 127: res consumentes ‥ humorem in humida complexione ‥ sicut ‥ nux muscata, ~ebe, zinziber etc.); 1285 species empte ‥: ‥ iij lib. macie et de quibib’ (KRAc 91/3) Arch. LXX 32; 1310 viij s. de j lib. et j. quar. de †quibibus [? l. quibibis] Ac. Exec. Ep. Exon. 8; 1310 in ‥ dim. lib. de ~ibis Ac. Durh. 6; 1314 in ‥ ij lib. de quibibis emptis, x s. Ib. 512; 1330 in empcione ‥ v librarum de quybibis ExchScot 344; 1357 in j quarta ~ebarum Ac. Obed. Abingd. 14; †sucube fructus est cujusdam arboris in transmarinis partibus nascens Alph. 47; 14‥ de re[d]ditu ‥ libre maceorum et †~ele Reg. Brev. 2; 1421 pro j libra quibube pro dictis medicinis (KR Ac) JRL Bull. XXVI 272; [valent ad fecunditatem] de fructibus ‥ pistacie, †quinbe, sebesten Kymer 19; hoc quiperium, a quybybe WW; a quibyb, species est, quiberum, quiperum CathA; 1534 quibybes vij s. Rec. Nott. III 192.