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moly

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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈməʊli/Sorted lmoyStarts with MEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A magic herb or plant used by Odysseus to overcome Circe.

Word origin

From Latin mōly, from Ancient Greek μῶλυ (môlu) (probably a loanword).

Used in a sentence

  • It excels Homers moly, cures this, falling sickness, and almost all other infirmities.
  • Or, propt on beds of amaranth and moly, / How sweet (while warm airs lull us, blowing lowly,)
  • 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 moly.

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