moschatel

moschatel (mos-kuh-TEL, MOS-kuh-tel) - n., a small temperate plant (Adoxa moschatellina) with greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.


Also called five-faced bishop, hollowroot, muskroot, and townhall clock -- by which last you can guess it flowers on tall, narrow stem. The name is from French moscatelle, from Italian moscatella, from an unattested vulgar Latin diminutive of muscus, musk, from the flowers' smell.


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