Meanings
nounmoschatel (countable and uncountable, plural moschatels)
plural moschatels
- countableuncountableA plant of species Adoxa moschatellina, with distinctively configured pale green flowers and a musky smell, of boreal circumpolar distribution.
Synonyms: five-faced bishop, hollowroot, muskroot, townhall clock, tuberous crowfoot
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA plant of species Adoxa moschatellina, with distinctively configured pale green flowers and a musky smell, of boreal circumpolar distribution.
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Origin
- Latinmoschatellina
- Frenchmoscatelline
- Englishmoschatel
From French moscatelline, from Low Latin moschatellina, from muscus (“musk”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian мешковица
- мешковица (meškovica)flower
Chinese Mandarin 五福花
- 五福花 (wǔfúhuā)flower
Dutch muskuskruid
- muskuskruidflower
German Moschuskraut
- Moschuskrautflower
Irish moscadal
- moscadalflower
Korean 연복초
- 연복초 (yeonbokcho)flower
Polish piżmaczek
- piżmaczekflower
Romanian frăguliță, frăguță
- frăgulițăflower
- frăguțăflower
- moscușorflower
Swedish desmeknopp
- desmeknoppflower
Ukrainian пижмівка звичайна
- пижмівка звичайна (pyžmivka zvyčajna)flower
Welsh mwsglys
- mwsglysflower
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APA
moschatel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moschatel
MLA
“moschatel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moschatel. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moschatel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moschatel.
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