a substance with a penetrating persistent smell that is obtained from a gland of the male musk deer and used as a perfume fixative
a similar substance from another animal or a synthetic substitute
the odour of musk
any of various plants with musky smells: esp Mimulus moschatus, Malva moschatus, and related species
muskiness noun
musky adj
[Middle English muske via French and late Latin from Persian mushk, ultimately from Sanskrit muṣka scrotum; from the shape of the musk deer's musk bag]