abelmosco
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish abelmosco, from New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic حَبّ الْمِسْك (ḥabb al-misk, “pills of musk”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abelmosco m (plural abelmoschi)
Further reading edit
- abelmosco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic حَبّ الْمِسْك (ḥabb al-misk, “pills of musk”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abelmosco m (plural abelmoscos)
- abelmosk (Abelmoschus moschatus, an evergreen shrub of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa)
- Synonym: ambreta
Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic حَبّ الْمِسْك (ḥabb al-misk, “pills of musk”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abelmosco m (plural abelmoscos)
- abelmosk (evergreen shrub, Abelmoschus moschatus)
Descendants edit
- → Italian: abelmosco
- → Norwegian Bokmål: abelmoskus
Further reading edit
- “abelmosco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014