musk

noun10

1. •
   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. •
   A similar secretion produced by the otter and the civet.
3. •
   A synthetic organic compound used as a substitute for the above.
4. •
   The odour of musk.
5. •
   (slang) Body odor, especially when aroused or unwashed.

   • I was so excited I could smell my own musk.
6. •
   A musk deer (genus Moschus).
7. •
   A muskflower (Erythranthe moschata).
8. •
   A plant of the genus Erodium (Erodium moschatum); the musky heronsbill.
9. •
   A plant of the genus Muscari; grape hyacinth.
10. •
    (Australia) A small tree or tall shrub, Olearia argophylla, of south-eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania, with leaves that produce a musky aroma.

    • [W]here the gullies are fringed with blackwoods, wattle, myrtles, musks and sassafras[.] — 1951

verb1

1. •
   To perfume with musk.

noun1

1. •
   Abbreviation of muscle-specific kinase.