Abelmoschus

Translingual

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • English: (US) IPA(key): /ˌeɪ.bəlˈmɑs.kəs/

Proper noun

Abelmoschus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – tropical herbs, with large leaves.[1]

Hypernyms

References

  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3
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