MUSCAT


Meaning of MUSCAT in English

/mus"keuht, -kat/ , n.

1. a variety of grape having a pronounced sweet aroma and flavor, used for making wine and raisins.

2. the vine bearing this fruit.

[ 1570-80; short for muscat wine or grape muscat musky musc ( muscus MUSK) + -at -ATE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .