Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Abelmosk

Abelmosk ({not transcribed}) , noun

[New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic abu-l-misk father of musk, i. e., producing musk. See Musk. (or Arabic habb-al-mosk, musk seed RHUD 1.3]

(Botany) An evergreen shrub (Abelmoschus moschatus -- formerly Hibiscus moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called musk mallow. The seeds produce ambrette-seed oil. — RHUD 1.3