Etymology

moschatel

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Today it means: A plant of species Adoxa moschatellina, with distinctively configured pale green flowers and a musky smell, of boreal circumpolar distribution. Full definition →

French moscatelline ← Latin moschatellina
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  1. Latin · derived frommoschatellina
  2. French · derived frommoscatelline
  3. English todaymoschatel

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

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