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Abelmosk

A'BELMOSK

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Noun.
A trivial name of a species of hibiscus, or Syrian mallow. The plant rises on a herbacceous stalk, three or four feet, sending out two or three side branches. The seeds have a musky odor, for which reason the Arabians mix them with coffee.

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abelmosk

abelmosk

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abelmosk

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Noun

abelmosk ‎(plural abelmosks)

  1. An evergreen shrub, Abelmoschus moschatus of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; - the musk mallow.

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Etymology

From New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic أَبُو المِسْك ‎(ʾabū l-misk, “father of musk”), or حَبّ المِسْك ‎(ḥabb al-misk, “grain of musk”), from حَبّ ‎(ḥabb, “grain”) + مِسْك ‎(misk), from Persian مشک ‎(mošk).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.bəlˌmɑsk/

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