Linnaeus identified the mythical plant with golden garlic (allium moly), although the perianth of this species is yellow, not white Moly, n.² meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the oxford english dictionary Thom gunn made his poem moly the title poem of his 1971 collection.
Μῶλυ, [môly]) is a magical herb mentioned in book 10 of homer's odyssey, created by gaia to make the gigantes invulnerable Mo·lies greek mythology a magic herb with black roots and white flowers that was given to odysseus by hermes to ward off the spells of circe. In the story, hermes gave this herb to odysseus to protect him from circe's magic when he went to her home to rescue his friends.
A liliaceous plant, allium moly, that is native to s europe and has yellow flowers in a dense cluster Moly synonyms, moly pronunciation, moly translation, english dictionary definition of moly
