ABELMOSCHUS

(Lat.), n. m. (chtu‘s). Fr., abelmosch. Ger., Abelmosch. 1t., Sp., abelmosco. From Ar., ‘habb-el-misk, a grain of musk. Abelmosch; musk-seed, on account of the odor of the A. moschatus. A genus of plants of the order Malvaceæ [Medic.]; the same as the Bamia of R. Brown and the Manihot of de Candolle. [B.J—A. eseulentus [Wight and Arnott]. Ger., e barer Abelmosch. Sp., Abelmosco suculento. Syn.: Hibiscus esculent us. A species growing in the West Indies, but cultivated in India and Southern Europe. It furnishes the okra pods which are used in soups. The root is occasionally used internally as a medicine, and poultices are matie from the leaves. ig 19.]—A’kérner. See Semen ABELMOSCHI.—Â. moschatus Wight and Arnott]. Fr., ambrette. Ger., echter Abelmosch. It., ambretta. Sp., almizcle vegetal. Syn.: Hibiscus abelmoschus. A species enous to Bengal, but cultivated in Egypt and the West Indies, It is an evergreen shrub, distinguished by the agreeable odor of its seeds (semina abelmoschi, musk-seeds), which were formerly used in medicine. [B, 5,19.]—Semen abelmoschl. Fr., graines d’ambrette. Ger., Imoschuskôrner, Bisamkôrner. It., gran i di muschio. S})‚ granos de ambar. Musk-seed; the seeds of the A. moschatus (Hibiscus abelmoschus). They are small, dark gray, deigney shaped bodies, of a musk-like odor and an aromatic e. [B, 5.