μῶλῠ,τό,
A. moly, a fabulous herb, Od. 10.305 , cf. Com.Adesp. 641 ; cf. μῶλυς
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II. in later writers,garlic, Allium nigrum, Thphr. HP 9.15.7 , Dsc. 3.47 ; cf.μώλυζα.
2. a kind ofπήγανον ἄγριονgrowing in Cappadocia, ib. 46 .
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= ἠρύγγιον , Ps.- Dsc. 3.21 .
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= στρύχνον ὑπνωτικόν , Plin. HN 21.180 . (Cf. Skt.mū´lam'root',mūlakarma'magical use of roots'.)