musk plant
noun
a sticky-hairy plant, Mimulus moschata, of the figwort family, native to northern and western North America, having pale-yellow flowers and a musky odor.
Origin of musk plant
1First recorded in 1775–85
- Also called musk flower.
Words Nearby musk plant
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How to use musk plant in a sentence
A bed of musk-plant yielded up languorous sighs to the warmed air.
Jessamine | Marion HarlandHer mistress stood putting a little water on a musk plant in the window.
Johnny Ludlow, Fifth Series | Mrs. Henry WoodIt comes again, just a whiff as if the light green musk-plant were growing somewhere on a dank bank.
The Story of the Trapper | A. C. LautBut ravines are not dank in the clear fall days; and by October the musk-plant has wilted dry.
The Story of the Trapper | A. C. LautM. moschatus, Dougl., the common musk-plant of cultivation, is usually found along mountain-streams.
The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits | Mary Elizabeth Parsons
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