muscatel

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  • Noun:
    wine from muscat grapes
    sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine

Word Origin

muscatel (n.)
1530s, variant of muskadell (c. 1400), from Old French muscadel, from Old Provençal *muscadel, diminutive of muscat "(grape) with the fragrance of musk" (see muscat).

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