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noun (mol, ies)
  1. a magic plant used by w:Odysseus, Odysseus to overcome w:Circe, Circe
  • 1980: So spoke the Radiant One; then gave me the magic herb, pulling it from the ground and showing me in what form it grew; its root was black, its flower milk-white. Its name among the gods is . " Homer, The Odyssey, tr. Walter Shrewing (Oxford 1998 p.120)
    1. any plant associated with the mythological moly, especially the European allium, Allium moly
Etymology: Via Latin, from Greek (unicode, á).


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