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muscat


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Muscat  \Mus"cat\,  n.  [F.  See  {Muscadel}.]  (Bot.) 
  A  name  given  to  several  varieties  of  Old  World  grapes, 
  differing  in  color,  size,  etc.,  but  all  having  a  somewhat 
  musky  flavor.  The  muscat  of  Alexandria  is  a  large  oval  grape 
  of  a  pale  amber  color.  [Written  also  {muskat}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  muscat 
  n  1:  any  of  several  cultivated  grapes  used  for  wine  and  raisins 
  [syn:  {muskat}] 
  2:  a  port  (on  the  Gulf  of  Oman)  and  capital  of  the  sultanate  of 
  Oman  [syn:  {Muscat},  {Masqat},  {capital  of  Oman}] 
  3:  wine  from  muscat  grapes  [syn:  {muscatel},  {muscadel},  {muscadelle}] 
  4:  sweet  aromatic  grape  used  for  raisins  and  wine  [syn:  {muscatel}, 
  {muscat  grape}] 




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