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Categories: Traditional medicine, Whale products, Animal glandular products, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Natural products

ambergris grey amber gray amber Ambarum Amber grease

Waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume WordNet 3.0

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Waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Ambergris, ambergrease, or grey amber is a solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish colour produced in the digestive system of sperm whales. Wikipedia

Solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish colour produced in the digestive system of sperm whales. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Substance produced in the digestive system of sperm whales Wikidata

A waxy substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale which is used in the production of perfume. OmegaWiki

A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes. Wiktionary

Waxy substance produced by sperm whales. Wiktionary (translation)

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animal product

secretion or excretion

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

The Nuttall Encyclopædia

Encyclopedic Lexicon

NATURAL PRODUCT OF TAXON

sperm whale

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

ambergris