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