musk

A greasy secretion with a powerful odor, produced in a glandular sac in the abdomen of a male musk deer and used in traditional medicines and formerly in the manufacture of perfumes.

A similar secretion produced by certain other animals, such as an otter or civet.

A synthetic chemical resembling natural musk in odor or use.

The odor of musk.

An odor similar to musk.

To perfume with musk.

An odoriferous substance secreted by the male musk-deer, Moschus moschiferus. See musk-deer.

A kind of artificial musk made by the action of nitric acid upon oil of amber.