"moly" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈməʊli/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-moly.wav Forms: molies [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊli Etymology: From Latin mōly, from Ancient Greek μῶλυ (môlu) (probably a loanword). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|mōly}} Latin mōly, {{uder|en|grc|μῶλυ}} Ancient Greek μῶλυ (môlu) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} moly (countable and uncountable, plural molies)
  1. (Greek mythology) A magic herb or plant used by Odysseus to overcome Circe. Tags: Greek, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Greek mythology Categories (lifeform): Mythological plants
    Sense id: en-moly-en-noun-X5q4dFZi Disambiguation of Mythological plants: 49 42 3 6 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. Any plant associated with the mythological moly, especially the European allium, Allium moly. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Alliums, Mythological plants
    Sense id: en-moly-en-noun-jdVTgNWm Disambiguation of Alliums: 26 45 3 26 Disambiguation of Mythological plants: 49 42 3 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 51 12 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 28 59 6 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 64 5 7 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 19 56 8 16 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒli/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-moly2.wav
Rhymes: -ɒli Etymology: Clipping of molybdenum. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|molybdenum}} Clipping of molybdenum Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} moly (uncountable)
  1. (informal) Molybdenum. Tags: informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Molybdenum
    Sense id: en-moly-en-noun-pdmN6OS4 Disambiguation of Molybdenum: 4 6 65 25
  2. (slang) Molybdenum grease. Tags: slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-moly-en-noun-tBBrKb8W
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: moly cow
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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