abelmosk
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Etymology
From New LatinCategory:English terms derived from New Latin#ABELMOSK abelmoschus, from ArabicCategory:English terms derived from Arabic#ABELMOSK حَبّ الْمِسْك (ḥabb al-misk, “pills of musk”).
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- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈeɪbəlmɒsk/, /ˈeɪblmɒsk/Category:English 3-syllable words#ABELMOSKCategory:English 2-syllable words#ABELMOSKCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ABELMOSK
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪbəlˌmɑsk/, /ˈeɪblmɑsk/Category:English 3-syllable words#ABELMOSKCategory:English 2-syllable words#ABELMOSKCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ABELMOSK
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ABELMOSKAudio (Canada): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪbəlmɒsk, -eɪblmɒsk, -eɪbəlmɑsk, -eɪblmɑskCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪbəlmɒsk#ABELMOSKCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪbəlmɒsk/3 syllables#ABELMOSKCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪblmɒsk#ABELMOSKCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪblmɒsk/2 syllables#ABELMOSKCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪbəlmɑsk#ABELMOSKCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪbəlmɑsk/3 syllables#ABELMOSKCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪblmɑsk#ABELMOSKCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪblmɑsk/2 syllables#ABELMOSK
Noun
abelmosk (countable and uncountable, plural abelmosks)Category:English lemmas#ABELMOSKCategory:English nouns#ABELMOSKCategory:English uncountable nouns#ABELMOSKCategory:English countable nouns#ABELMOSKCategory:English countable nouns#ABELMOSKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ABELMOSKCategory:Pages with entries#ABELMOSKCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ABELMOSK
- The edible and aromatic seed pods (properly, capsules) of the Abelmoschus moschatus.
- 1719, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, The Compleat Herbal, volume I, page 70:
- Egyptian Ketmia, with a perfumed or Musk-Seed..., called Abelmosch of Morison.Category:English terms with quotations#ABELMOSK
- 1892, William Theodore Brannt, translated by Carl Deite, A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Perfumery, page 230:
- Abelmosk grains are the seeds of a plant... indigenous to Central Africa, Arabia, and India.Category:English terms with quotations#ABELMOSK
- The tropical evergreen shrub Abelmoschus moschatus itself.
- 1846, W. M. Buchanan, A Technological Dictionary, page 4:
- Abelmosk, Abelmosch, or Abelmusk, the Syrian mallow, or musk okro, a species of hibiscus (H. abelmoschus).Category:English terms with quotations#ABELMOSK
- 1992, Richard A. Spears, Language & Civilization, volume I, page 43:
- The same description fits abelmosk, the Hibiscus abelmoshus, better known to the world as the East Indian dwarf okra plant.Category:English terms with quotations#ABELMOSK
- (uncommonCategory:English terms with uncommon senses#ABELMOSK, usually in the plural) Other members of the genus Abelmoschus, such as okra.
Usage notes
Formerly considered a species of hibiscus, but since distinguished as part of a separate genus.
Synonyms
- (A. moschatus): annual hibiscusCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#annual%20hibiscus, tropical jewel hibiscusCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#tropical%20jewel%20hibiscus (dated); ambrette, muskdanaCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#muskdana, musk mallow, musk okraCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#musk%20okra, ornamental okraCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#ornamental%20okra, rose mallow, Yorka okraCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Yorka%20okra, musk seed
Translations
A. moschatus
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References
Abelmoschus moschatus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Abelmoschus moschatus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - “abelmosk, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
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