Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Muscardin \Mus"car*din\, n. [F., fr. muscadin a musk-scented
   lozenge, fr. muscade nutmeg, fr. L. muscus musk. See
   {Muscadel}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor.
   [Written also {muscadine}.]