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abelmosk en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈeɪblmɒsk/ (UK)
• /ˈeɪbəlmɒsk/ (UK)
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• /ˈeɪbəlˌmɑsk/ (US)
• /ˈeɪblmɑsk/ (US)

Etymology

From New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic حَبّ الْمِسْك (ḥabb al-misk, “pills of musk”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The edible and aromatic seed pods (properly, capsules) of the Abelmoschus moschatus.
   • Abelmosk grains are the seeds of a plant... indigenous to Central Africa, Arabia, and India. 1892, William Theodore Brannt, translated by Carl Deite, A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Perfumery, page 230:
   • Egyptian Ketmia, with a perfumed or Musk-Seed..., called Abelmosch of Morison. 1719, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, The Compleat Herbal, volume I, page 70:
2. (countable, uncountable) The tropical evergreen shrub Abelmoschus moschatus itself.
   • Abelmosk, Abelmosch, or Abelmusk, the Syrian mallow, or musk okro, a species of hibiscus (H. abelmoschus). 1846, W. M. Buchanan, A Technological Dictionary, page 4:
   • The same description fits abelmosk, the Hibiscus abelmoshus, better known to the world as the East Indian dwarf okra plant. 1992, Richard A. Spears, Language & Civilization, volume I, page 43:
3. (countable, plural-normally, uncommon, uncountable) Other members of the genus Abelmoschus, such as okra.

Forms

Synonyms

rose mallow · ornamental okra · musk okra · muskdana · musk seed · musk mallow · ambrette · annual hibiscus · tropical jewel hibiscus · Yorka okra

Translations (14)

bg мускусен слез (A. moschatus) · pt abelmosco (A. moschatus) · de Abelmoschus (A. moschatus) · cmn 黄葵 (A. moschatus) · cmn 麝香槿 (A. moschatus) · fi ambrette (A. moschatus) · nl abelmos (A. moschatus) · fr ambrette (A. moschatus) · it abelmosco (A. moschatus) · ota عنبر چیچكی (A. moschatus) · nb abelmoskus (A. moschatus) · cmn 香葵 (A. moschatus) · tl kastuli (A. moschatus) · es abelmosco (A. moschatus)