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moschatel

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌmɒskəˈtɛl/

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noun

Meaning 1

A plant of species Adoxa moschatellina, with distinctively configured pale green flowers and a musky smell, of boreal circumpolar distribution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From French moscatelline, from Low Latin moschatellina, from muscus (“musk”).

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: мешковица (meškovica) — flower
  • Chinese Mandarin: 五福花 (wǔfúhuā) — flower
  • Dutch: muskuskruid — flower
  • German: Moschuskraut — flower
  • Irish: moscadal — flower
  • Korean: 연복초 (yeonbokcho) — flower
  • Polish: piżmaczek — flower
  • Romanian: frăguliță — flower
  • Romanian: frăguță — flower
  • Romanian: moscușor — flower
  • Swedish: desmeknopp — flower
  • Ukrainian: пижмівка звичайна (pyžmivka zvyčajna) — flower
  • Welsh: mwsglys — flower