English Explanatory Dictionary

moschatel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plant of species Adoxa moschatellina, with distinctively configured pale green flowers and a musky smell, of boreal circumpolar distribution.

Pronunciation

/ˌmɒskəˈtɛl/

Word forms

moschatel moschatels

Etymology

From French moscatelline, from Low Latin moschatellina, from muscus (“musk”).

Synonyms

five-faced bishop hollowroot muskroot townhall clock tuberous crowfoot
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