mus|cat

mus|cat
mus|cat «MUHS kat, -kuht», noun.
1. any one of several light-colored varieties of grape with the flavor or odor of musk.
2. = muscatel (def. 1). (Cf.muscatel)
[< Old French muscat < unrecorded Old Provençal muscat with the fragrance of musk < musc musk < Late Latin muscus]

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