"moxa" meaning in English

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Noun

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: 66 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'woolly material obtained from mugwort leaves': 88 12
  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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: moxibustion

Inflected forms

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