musk

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A greasy secretion with a powerful odor, produced in a glandular sac beneath the skin of the abdomen of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
2. n. A similar secretion produced by certain other animals, such as the otter or civet.
3. n. A synthetic chemical resembling natural musk in odor or use.
4. n. The odor of musk.
5. n. An odor similar to musk.
6. n. A musk deer.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. An odoriferous substance secreted by the male musk-deer, Moschus moschiferus. See musk-deer. The secretion is a viscid fluid, which dries as a brown pulveruline substance, of a slightly bitter taste and extremely powerful, penetrating, and persistent odor. It is the strongest and most lasting of perfumes, and is also used in medicine as a diffusible stimulant and antispasmodic. The commercial article is imported from Asia in the natural pods or bags, frequently mixed with blood, fat, and hairs, and adulterated with foreign substances. Various other animals secrete a substance like musk, and several are named from this fact. See compounds following.
2. n. A kind of artificial musk made by the action of nitric acid upon oil of amber.
3. n. 3. The smell of musk, or a smell resembling it; an aromatic smell; a perfume.
4. n. Same as musk-plant, in both senses.
5. To perfume with musk.

Wiktionary

1. n. A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
2. n. A similar secretion produced by the otter and the civet.
3. n. A synthetic organic compound used as a substitute for the above.
4. n. The odour of musk.
5. n. The musk deer.
6. v. transitive To perfume with musk.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistency of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor.
2. n. (Zoöl.) The musk deer. See Musk deer (below).
3. n. The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat similar.
4. n. The musk plant (Mimulus moschatus).
5. n. A plant of the genus Erodium (Erodium moschatum); -- called also musky heron's-bill.
6. n. A plant of the genus Muscari; grape hyacinth.
7. v. To perfume with musk.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the scent of a greasy glandular secretion from the male musk deer
2. n. an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative