abelmosco

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish abelmosco, from New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic حَبّ الْمِسْك (ḥabb al-misk, pills of musk).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.belˈmɔ.sko/
  • Rhymes: -ɔsko
  • Hyphenation: a‧bel‧mò‧sco

Noun

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abelmosco m (plural abelmoschi)

  1. musk mallow (Malva moschata)
  2. abelmosk (Abelmoschus moschatus)

Further reading

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  • abelmosco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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abelmosco m (plural abelmoscos)

  1. abelmosk (Abelmoschus moschatus, an evergreen shrub of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa)
    Synonym: ambreta

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Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /abelˈmosko/ [a.β̞elˈmos.ko]
  • Rhymes: -osko
  • Syllabification: a‧bel‧mos‧co

Noun

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abelmosco m (plural abelmoscos)

  1. abelmosk (evergreen shrub, Abelmoschus moschatus)

Descendants

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  • Italian: abelmosco
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abelmoskus

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