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–noun

a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.

Also called muskroot.

[Origin: 1725–35; < F moscatelle < It moscatella, equiv. to moscat(o) musk + -ella -elle; -h- from botanical name

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n. A perennial herb (Adoxa moschatellina) native to northern regions of Eurasia and North America, having greenish-white, musk-scented flowers. Also called muskroot.

[French moscatelle, from Italian moscatella, feminine diminutive of moscato, musk, from Late Latin muscus; see musk.]

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Moschatel

Hol"low\, a. [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow, hole. Cf. Hole.]

1. Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere.

Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. --Ex. xxvii. 8.

2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.

With hollow eye and wrinkled brow. --Shak.

3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. --Dryden.

4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend. --Milton.

Hollow newel (Arch.), an opening in the center of a winding staircase in place of a newel post, the stairs being supported by the wall; an open newel; also, the stringpiece or rail winding around the well of such a staircase.

Hollow quoin (Engin.), a pier of stone or brick made behind the lock gates of a canal, and containing a hollow or recess to receive the ends of the gates.

Hollow root. (Bot.) See Moschatel.

Hollow square. See Square.

Hollow ware, hollow vessels; -- a trade name for cast-iron kitchen utensils, earthenware, etc.

Syn: Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false; faithless; deceitful; treacherous.

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