moly

Noun

moly (plural molies)

1. a magic plant used by Odysseus to overcome 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 moly. — Homer, The Odyssey, tr. Walter Shrewing (Oxford 1998 p.120)

2. any plant associated with the mythological moly, especially the European allium, Allium moly

4 letters in word "moly": L M O Y.

Anagrams of moly:

• moyl

Words found within moly:

lo loy lym mo mol moy my olm om oy yo yom

• molts ←
• molto ←
• molting ←
• moly
• → molybdate
• → molybdates
• → molybdenite