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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes [syn: muscat, 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: muscat, muscatel, muscadel, muscadelle]
4: sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine [syn: muscat, muscatel, muscat grape]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old Occitan, from muscat musky, from musc musk, from Late Latin muscus — more at musk Date: 1548 1. muscatel 2. any of several cultivated grapes used in making wine and raisins

Merriam Webster's

geographical name — see Masqat

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a sweet fortified white wine made from muscadines. 2 a muscadine. Etymology: F f. Prov. muscat muscade (adj.) f. musc MUSK

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n.; (also muscatel) Muscadel, muscadine.