moschatel

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Mos′cha·tel′ noun

Origin: Gr. … musk: cf. F. moscatelline. See Muscadel, Musk.

Botany A plant of the genus Adoxa (Adoxa moschatellina), the flowers of which are pale green, and have a faint musky smell. It is found in woods in all parts of Europe, and is called also hollow root and musk crowfoot. John Claudius Loudon

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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