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musk/mʌsk/n. 1 a strong-smelling reddish-brown substance produced by a gland in the male musk deer and used as an ingredient in perfumes 麝香 2 the plant, Mimulus moschatus, with pale green ovate leaves and yellow flowers (originally with a smell of musk which is no longer perceptible in modern varieties) 香沟酸浆(最初的品种带麝香味，当代品种不再有此味道) □ musky adj. (muskier, muskiest)□ muskiness n.[Middle English via Late Latin muscus from Persian mušk, perhaps from Sanskrit muska ‘scrotum’ (from the shape of the musk deer's gland)] |