civet gland
civet gland
[′siv·ət ‚gland] (vertebrate zoology)
A large anal scent gland in civet cats that secretes civet.
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(34.) Sharma (ibid.) also suggests that khattasi was the name under which the dried
civet gland was traded, and that this object could be used to impart an odor to oil, though he does not give his sources for this important detail.
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