Northern muscadine (Bot.), a derivative of the northern fox grape, and
scarcely an improvement upon it. -- Royal muscadine (Bot.), a European
grape of great value. Its berries are large, round, and of a pale amber
color. Called also golden chasselas.
||Mus*ca"les (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. muscus moss.] (Bot.) An old name
||for mosses in the widest sense, including the true mosses and also
||hepaticæ and sphagna.
Mus"cal*longe (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Muskellunge.
Mus"car*din (?), n. [F., fr. muscadin a musk-scented lozenge, fr.
muscade nutmeg, fr. L. muscus musk. See Muscadel.] (Zoöl.) The common
European dormouse; -- so named from its odor. [Written also muscadine.]
Mus`car*dine" (?), n. [F.] A disease which is very destructive to
silkworms, and which sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended
by the development of a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis
bassiana). Also, the fungus itself.
Mus*car"i*form (?), a. [L. muscarium fly brush + -form.] Having the
form of a brush.
Mus*ca"rin (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A solid crystalline substance,
C5H13NO2, found in the toadstool (Agaricus muscarius), and in putrid
fish. It is a typical ptomaine, and a violent poison.
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.]
Mus"ca*tel` (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or designating, or derived from,
a muscat grapes or similar grapes; as, muscatel grapes; muscatel wine,
etc.
Mus"ca*tel`, n. 1. A common name for several varieties of rich sweet
wine, made in Italy, Spain, and France.