abelmoskとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• abelmusk, abelmosch (廃れた用法)

語源

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

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪbəlmɒsk/, /ˈeɪblmɒsk/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪbəlˌmɑsk/, /ˈeɪblmɑsk/
• 韻: -eɪbəlmɒsk, -eɪblmɒsk, -eɪbəlmɑsk, -eɪblmɑsk

名詞

abelmosk (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 abelmosks)

1. The edible and aromatic seed pods (properly, capsules) of the Abelmoschus moschatus.
   • 1719, translating Joseph Pitton de Tournefort as The Compleat Herbal, Vol. I, p. 70:

     Egyptian Ketmia, with a perfumed or Musk-Seed..., called Abelmosch of Morison.

   • 1892, Carl Deite translating William Theodore Brannt as A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Perfumery, p. 230:

     Abelmosk grains are the seeds of a plant... indigenous to Central Africa, Arabia, and India.

2. The tropical evergreen shrub Abelmoschus moschatus itself.
   • 1846, W. M. Buchanan, A Technological Dictionary, p. 4:

     Abelmosk, Abelmosch, or Abelmusk, the Syrian mallow, or musk okro, a species of hibiscus (H. abelmoschus).

   • 1992, Richard A. Spears in Language & Civilization, Vol. I, p. 43:

     The same description fits abelmosk, the Hibiscus abelmoshus, better known to the world as the East Indian dwarf okra plant.

3. (まれに, usually in the plural) Other members of the genus Abelmoschus, such as okra.

使用する際の注意点

Formerly considered a species of hibiscus, but since distinguished as part of a separate genus.

同意語

• (A. moschatus): annual hibiscus, tropical jewel hibiscus (dated); ambrette, muskdana, musk mallow, musk okra, ornamental okra, rose mallow, Yorka okra, musk seed