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单词 abelmosk
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abelmoskn.

Brit. /ˈeɪb(ə)lmɒsk/, U.S. /ˈeɪb(ə)lˌmɑsk/
Forms: 1700s–1800s abelmosch, 1700s– abelmosk, 1800s abelmusk.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin abelmosch.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin abelmosch (1623) < Italian abelmosch ( G. Pona Monte Baldo (1617) 29) < Arabic abū'l-misk , lit. ‘father (i.e. source) of musk’ < abū , construct state of ab father (cognate with Hebrew 'aḇ ) + al the + misk musk n. In later use after scientific Latin Abelmoschus, genus name ( F. K. Medicus Ueber einige künstliche Geschlechter aus der Malven-Familie (1787) 45). Compare French abelmosch, abelmosque (1723 as abel-mosc).
Any of several plants of the tropical genus Abelmoschus, esp. A. moschatus, with aromatic seeds which yield a musky oil, formerly used medicinally and as a substitute for animal musk (cf. musk okra n. at musk n. Compounds 5a), and A. esculentus, the plant okra, cultivated for its edible seed pods; these pods themselves.The genus Abelmoschus was formerly included in Hibiscus, but is now considered to be separate.
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1719 tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Compl. Herbal I. 70/2 Egyptian Ketmia, with a perfumed or Musk-Seed.., called Abelmosch [L. Abelmosch] of Morison.
1787 R. W. Darwin Principia Botanica 211 (Index of Names) Abelmosk..Hibiscus abelmoschus.
1841 Friend of Afr. 15 May 104/1 A plant, abel-mosch (perhaps Hibiscus abelmoschus), is noticed as native.
1846 W. M. Buchanan Technol. Dict. 4/1 Abelmosk, Abelmosch, or Abelmusk, the Syrian mallow, or musk okro, a species of hibiscus (H. abelmoschus).
1892 C. Deite tr. W. T. Brannt Pract. Treat. Manuf. Perfumery 230 Abelmosk grains are the seeds of a plant..indigenous to Central Africa, Arabia, and India.
1907 W. Tibbles Food & Hygiene ii. xix. 421 The abelmosk is the mucilaginous fruit of an evergreen shrub growing in tropical America, the West Indies, and Asia.
1992 R. A. Spears in C. Blank Lang. & Civilization I. 43 The same description fits abelmosk, the Hibiscus abelmoshus, better known to the world as the East Indian dwarf okra plant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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