单词 | moschatel |
释义 | moschateln. A Eurasian plant of shady places, Adoxa moschatellina (family Adoxaceae), having squarish heads of pale-green flowers with a musky smell. Also tuberous moschatel. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caprifoliaceae family or plant > [noun] > moschatel musk-wood crowfoot1688 moschatel1732 hollow-root1788 musk-crowfoot1855 town-hall clock1899 1732 J. Martyn tr. J. P. de Tournefort Hist. Plants Paris II. 124 Moschatellina... Tuberous Moscatell. 1757 Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 831 Tuberous Moschatell, or Musk-wood Crowfoot. 1854 S. T. Dobell Balder xi. 51 Inglorious moschatel..Sickening below the nightshade. 1866 R. Buchanan London Poems 185 The musk and the muskatel That grow on the window sill. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xxii. 239 The square-headed moschatel, the odd cuckoo-pint. 1939 ‘J. Struther’ Mrs. Miniver 133 The four loud-speakers..clustered back to back like the florets of moschatel. 1995 Guardian 25 Apr. i. 23/1 Two friends..were keen to be shown where the diminutive Moschatel (Adoxa moschatellina) grew in the valley. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1732 |
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