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moschatel Bot.|mɒskəˈtɛl|
Also 8 moscatell, 8–9 moschatell, 9 muskatel, moscatel.
[a. F. moscatelle, ad. It. moscatella, f. moscato musk.]
An inconspicuous plant (Adoxa Moschatellina, family Caprifoliaceæ) 4 or 5 inches high, having pale-green flowers with a musky smell, found in shady places; freq. tuberous moschatel.
1732J. Martyn Tournefort's Hist. Plants II. 124 Moschatellina... Tuberous Moscatell. 1756Watson in Phil. Trans. XLIX. 831 Tuberous Moschatell, or Musk-wood Crowfoot. 1854Dobell Balder xi, Inglorious moschatel..Sickening below the nightshade. 1866R. Buchanan Lond. Poems 185 The musk and the muskatel That grow on the window sill. 1874T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd xxii, The square-headed moschatel, the odd cuckoo-pint. |