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Meanings of civet oil in inglês
Glandular secretion produced by both sexes of the civet cat, for use in perfumery.
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Examples for "civet"
Examples for "civet"
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Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination.
2
A thick hot smell of bitter almond, civet, cumin, wormseed and orris!
3
We are not talking about just civet cats, but all animals, he added.
4
There are also many civet-cats, and all sorts of fruit as in China.
5
It has many civet-cats, and produces, the noblest elephants in all the east.
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Then it must have been a Zibet, a specie not unlike the American civet.
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The names of all our chief perfumes are Arabic or Persian: civet , musk, ambergris, attar, camphor, etc.
Usage of civet oil in inglês
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Her dark eyes glittered in the subdued scarlet light from the scarf-covered bulb and she exuded a perfume of musk and jasmine and civet oil.