It has a musky odour, and a bitter taste, being a much esteemed Herbal Simple, but very often spuriously imitated.
The Musk Mallow (Malva moschata) is another common variety of this plant, which emits from its leaves a faint musky odour, especially in warm weather, or when they are drawn lightly through the hand.
The cow was mooing reproachfully in a cropped circle of musky alfilaria behind the shed.
Ricardo himself would have questioned the sanity of any one who might have preferred the faint, muskyfragrance of the alfilaria to the soothing odor of tobacco.
They keep awake all night, and all the air is heavy and musky sweet because of them.
They pour out piercing, unendurably sweet cavatinas above the fragrance of bloom and musky smell of fruit.
The strange, musky odor was quite familiar to him; he sniffed at it with trembly pink nose.
As he followed it the way seemed not quite so musky as the old trails, and soon he sniffed with delight a whiff of clear, outside air.
You--with your roseate countenance and musky tresses-- Seek a man whose hair is already white with age!
And Zal gazed upward at the lovely maiden, And stood amazed at the beauty of her hair and of her countenance; He covered the musky ringlets with his kisses, And his bride heard the kisses from above.
It is an acrid secretion of a powerful musky odor, found in two glands beneath the root of the tail of the beaver.
The animal possesses a musky smell, from which it takes its name.
There eternal Summer dwells, And west winds with musky wing About the cedarn alleys fling 990 Nard and cassia's balmy smells.
There eternal summer dwells, And west winds, with musky wing, About the cedarn alleys fling Nard and cassia's balmy smells.
It was said to be a beautiful fruit, speckled and very musky like the Bartlett, but more perfumed; Dec.
The musky odour referred to, is more perceptible in some species than in others.
The fruit is very large and fine; dark colored, with a peculiarly rich, slightly musky flavor.
There is a very marked contrast, however, between the fruit of the Hautbois and Alpine species, for the former has a peculiar musky flavor which has never found much favor in this country.
That a male moth can smell a female a block away, against the wind, when I can detect only a faint musky odour within a foot of her, I do not credit.
I was in the orchard, treating myself to some rare big musky red raspberries that are my especial property, when Raymond came with her.
When first picked off the rock, it ejects a watery fluid possessing a powerful musky odour.
This species, when it is first picked off the rock, ejects a watery fluid with a powerful musky odour, which effect accompanies the closure of the shell by the operculum.
It is probable that the musky water, which this Nerite ejects when it is picked off a rock, may cause a bird to drop it from its beak and thus save its life.
The name of this animal is due to the musky flavor of its flesh, which is said to be very tender and delicate.
This animal has a curious musky odor, which is due to certain glands near the root of the tail.
The fox-grape is sweet, but has a muskyflavor and odor, a thick skin, and a tough pulp.
Besides the meat of Polar bears and of any fur animals they could catch, or the musky beef of the musk ox, they devoured eagerly sea birds' eggs, Iceland moss, and even the parasitic insects of their own heads and bodies!
The fruit of the Fox Grape is dark purple, with a very dusky skin and a musky flavour.
From Madeira through Africa and Persia to Far Cathay it blooms, and sheds its delicious muskyscent in the evening air.
In this, and in many of the seedlings which were raised from it, the influence of its Musk rose parent was very strong, the flowers being borne in large clusters, and fragrant with its delicious musky scent.
The wolverines pressed close to Shann until the musky scent of their fur, their animal warmth, enveloped him.
The Throg commander reeled back against the frame, his musky body scent filling Shann's nostrils.
Beneath the musky rot of Autumn's leaves, Under the forest's myriad naked eaves, Life woke and rose in gold and green and blue, Robed in the starlight of the twinkling dew.
Lilacs, musky of the May, And bluer violets and snowdrops lay Entombed in crystal, icy dim and fair, Like teardrops scattered in her heavenly hair.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "musky" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
