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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus;
[syn: abelmosk, musk mallow, Abelmoschus moschatus, Hibiscus moschatus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abelmosk \A"bel*mosk`\, n. [NL. abelmoschus, fr. Ar. abu-l-misk father of musk, i. e., producing musk. See Musk. (or Ar. [.h]abb-al-mosk, musk seed --RHUD 1.3] (Bot.) An evergreen shrub (Abelmoschus moschatus -- formerly Hibiscus moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called musk mallow. The seeds produce ambrette-seed oil. [1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Abelmoschus moschatus n 1: bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus [syn: abelmosk, musk mallow, Abelmoschus moschatus, Hibiscus moschatus]