a substance used in perfume making that comes from the intestines of the sperm whaleAmbergris comes from a whale's stomach.

early 15c., from Middle French ambre gris "gray amber" (see amber), "a wax-like substance of ashy colour, found floating in tropical seas, a morbid secretion from the intestines of the [..]

A wax like substance that is an intestinal secretion of the sperm whale. It is found floating on tropical seas and has been used to make perfume.

A sperm whale secretion. Sperm whales produce it to protect their stomachs from the beaks of the cuttlefish they swallow, and formerly valued greatly in the manufacturing process of perfumes.

A secretion of the sperm whale valued for its use in perfumes.

(n) waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume

A gray substance found in the Gastrointestinal Tract of the Sperm Whale.

A substance created by the digestive system of sperm whales. Scientists suggest that this substance may be created to help ease the passage of the hard parts of food that they have eaten. Ambergris is [..]

A gray substance found in the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT of the SPERM WHALE.

A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In colour it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floatin [..]