moschatel

A plant of species Adoxa moschatellina, with distinctively configured pale green flowers and a musky smell, of boreal circumpolar distribution.

Noun

  1. A plant of species Adoxa moschatellina, with distinctively configured pale green flowers and a musky smell, of boreal circumpolar distribution.

Origin

From French moscatelline, from Low Latin moschatellina, from muscus (“musk”).

Forms

moschatels

Synonyms

five-faced bishop hollowroot muskroot townhall clock tuberous crowfoot