abelmosk

plural abelmosks · alternative obsolete abelmusk · alternative obsolete abelmosch

1. countableuncountableThe edible and aromatic seed pods (properly, capsules) of the Abelmoschus moschatus.

   Egyptian Ketmia, with a perfumed or Musk-Seed..., called Abelmosch of Morison.

   1719, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, The Compleat Herbal, volume I, page 70

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   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

2. countableuncountableThe 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

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   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. countableplural normallyuncommonuncountableOther members of the genus Abelmoschus, such as okra.