abelmoskとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• abelmusk, abelmosch (obsolete)

語源

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

発音

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

名詞

abelmosk (countable and uncountable, plural abelmosks)

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

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

   • 1892, William Theodore Brannt, translated by Carl Deite, A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Perfumery, page 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, page 4:

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

   • 1992, Richard A. Spears, Language & Civilization, volume I, page 43:

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

3. (uncommon, 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

参照

• Abelmoschus moschatus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Abelmoschus moschatus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “abelmosk, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.

アナグラム

• smokable