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Mus⋅ca⋅det

[muhs-kuh-dey; Fr. mys-ka-de]
–noun
1. a white grape grown esp. in the lower Loire Valley region of France.
2. a dry white wine made from this grape.

Origin:
< F muscadet, MF: wine with musklike taste; see muscatel, -et
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Mus·ca·det   (mŭs'kə-dā')   
n.  A dry white wine made from grapes originating in the Loire River valley.

[French, from Old French, from musc, musky odor; see musk.]
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