Definition
A tropical plant (Abelmoschus moschatus) that produces musk-scented seeds used in perfumery, textiles, and traditional medicine.
Etymology
From French 'ambrette,' diminutive of 'ambre' (amber), so named because its musk scent was valued as an amber-like fragrance component in European perfumery.
Kelly Says
Ambrette seeds were so precious in medieval Europe that they were worth their weight in silver—traders called them 'poor man's ambergris' because they offered a similar complex musk scent at a fraction of the cost of actual whale ambergris.
Translations
ARالعربية
أَمْبَرِتَة
am-bri-ta
BNবাংলা
অ্যাম্ব্রেট
am-bre-t
CACatalà
ambrette
am-bret
CSČeština
ambrette
am-bre-tə
DEDeutsch
Ambrette
am-bret-ə
ELΕλληνικά
αμβρεττα
am-bre-ta
ESEspañol
ambrette
am-bre-tə
FAفارسی
آمبrette
am-bre-tə
FRFrançais
ambrette
amb-ret
HIहिन्दी
अम्ब्रेत
am-bre-t
HUMagyar
ambrette
am-bret
IDBahasa Indonesia
ambrette
am-bret
ITItaliano
ambretta
am-bret-ta
MSBahasa Melayu
ambrette
am-bret
MYမြန်မာ
အမ်ဘရက်
am-bre-t
NLNederlands
ambrette
am-bret
PLPolski
ambretta
am-bre-ta
PTPortuguês
ambrette
am-bret
RORomână
ambrette
am-bret
RUРусский
амбретта
am-bre-tta
SVSvenska
ambrette
am-bre-tə
SWKiswahili
ambrette
am-bret
TAதமிழ்
அம்பிரெட்
am-bri-et
TEతెలుగు
అంబ్రెట్
am-bre-t
THไทย
แอมเบเรต
aem-ba-ret
TRTürkçe
ambrette
am-bret
UKУкраїнська
амбретта
am-bre-tta
VITiếng Việt
ambrette
am-bret