Mogador
(ˈmɒgədɔː(r))
Also -ore.
The name of a seaport in Morocco; used attrib. to designate certain of its products or exports; as Mogador colocynth, Mogador gum; also absol. (see quot. 1866).
| 1861–87 Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. (ed. 5) 538 Morocco, Mogadore, or Brown Barbary Gum [is derived] from Acacia arabica. Ibid. 567 Mogador or Unpeeled Colocynth..is obtained from Mogador. 1866 R. S. Charnock Verba Nom., Mogadore, a bees'-wax from Mogador. |