| molucca |
| molucca balm | (n) aromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer-shaped or bell-shaped calyx, Syn. bells of Ireland, Molucella laevis |
| moluccas | (n) a group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea; settled by the Portuguese but taken by the Dutch who made them the center for a spice monopoly, at which time they were known as Spice Islands, Syn. Spice Islands |
