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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant of the former genus Abelmoschus. Also spelled
abelmusk .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) An evergreen shrub (
Abelmoschus moschatus -- formerly Hibiscus moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes calledmusk mallow . The seeds produce ambrette-seed oil.
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- noun botany An
evergreen shrub, Abelmoschus moschatus of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whosemusky seeds are used inperfumery and to flavorcoffee ; -- sometimes called musk mallow.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus
Etymologies
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From New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic أبو المسك (abu'l-misk, "father of musk"), or حب المسك (ḥabb-el-musk, "grain of musk"), from حب (ḥabb, "grain") + مسك (musk), from Persian مشک (mošk).
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