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Muscat
//ˈmʌskæt// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The capital city of Oman.
Noun
- 1 A white grape variety; used as table grapes and for making raisins and sweet wine. countable, uncountable
"Among Turks, pills consisting of hemp buds, muscat nuts, saffron, and honey were a popular aphrodisiac."
- 2 sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine wordnet
- 3 The muscatel wine made from these grapes. countable, uncountable
- 4 wine from muscat grapes wordnet
- 5 The vine bearing this fruit. countable, uncountable
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- 6 any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Arabic مَسْقَط (masqaṭ).
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French muscat.
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