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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]