On Dec 17, 2004, at 2:25, Eva Von Der Bey wrote:
Dear native speaking friends,
passed a little funny test which asks for your beahviour while suffering
from a cold and other simple silly questions and gives as a result, what
kind of herbal tea you are.. while some others turned out to be chamomille,
what I understand, I seem to be "moly". none of my dictionaries knows about
"moly".
I've never heard of "moly" (yeah, I know I'm not a native speaker, but so what <g>), was intrigued, and went digging. My handy Concise Oxford Dictionary defines "moly" as: "fabulous herb with white flower and black root, endowed with magic properties; a yellow-flowered wild garlic (Allium moly)"
Since I can't imagine that your test would recommend an herb from fairy tales, I assumed it had to be the second meaning (yuck; I love garlic but, *garlic tea*???). Went to Google in search of "Allium moly" and hit pay-dirt on the first two tries :)
This site
http://sd1new.net/GardenPages/allium_flowering_onion.htm
has the info on the plant and varieties, including its magical properties (just keep reading)
This one, http://www.hort.net/gallery/view/lil/allmo/ has the photo of the yellow-flowered one - the "moly" itself
--- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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