"moxa" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmɒksə/ [UK], /ˈmɑksə/ [US] Forms: moxas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒksə Etymology: From Japanese 艾 (mogusa, “mugwort”). The u is not strongly pronounced in Japanese, leading to its disappearance and the devoicing of the plosive. First used by Hermann Buschoff, a Dutch minister in Batavia, who wrote the first book about this remedy in 1674. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ja|艾||mugwort|tr=mogusa}} Japanese 艾 (mogusa, “mugwort”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} moxa (countable and uncountable, plural moxas)
  1. A woolly material obtained from the dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, such as Artemisia argyi, as used in moxibustion. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Artemisias Translations (woolly material obtained from mugwort leaves): 艾絨 (Chinese Mandarin), 艾绒 (àiróng) (Chinese Mandarin), (ài) (Chinese Mandarin), pujon juuri (Finnish), moxa [masculine] (French), (mogusa) (alt: もぐさ) (Japanese), (ssuk) (Korean), moxa [feminine] (Portuguese), кита́йская полы́нь (kitájskaja polýnʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-moxa-en-noun-IL4PUMdc Disambiguation of Artemisias: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 63 37 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'woolly material obtained from mugwort leaves': 89 11
  2. Any other substance used in moxibustion. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-moxa-en-noun-LSTEUbVJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: moxibustion

Noun [French]

IPA: /mɔk.sa/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-moxa.wav Forms: moxas [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} moxa m (plural moxas)
  1. moxa Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-moxa-fr-noun-BG0QvPRY Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Particle [Munsee]

Forms: móxa [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|umu|particle|head=móxa}} móxa
  1. very
    Sense id: en-moxa-umu-particle-TGpIOfg9 Categories (other): Munsee entries with incorrect language header, Munsee particles

Inflected forms

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