musk crowfoot

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musk crowfoot - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Moschatel \Mos"cha*tel`\, n. [Gr. ? musk: cf. F. moscatelline.
     See Muscadel, Musk.] (Bot.)
     A plant of the genus Adoxa (Adoxa moschatellina), the
     flowers of which are pale green, and have a faint musky
     smell. It is found in woods in all parts of Europe, and is
     called also hollow root and musk crowfoot. --Loudon.
     [1913 Webster]