So is this of the same genus as the "Holy Moly" <g>

Joy wrote:

>
> No wonder it wasn't in your dictionaries!  Mine says that moly is
> a mythical
> herb with a black root and milk-white flowers that Hermes gave to
> Odysseus.
>
> It also says that a European wild garlic that is cultivated for its yellow
> flowers has been named after it.
>
> ???  Man, English don't make no sense.  At least they are both herbs.
> Though I don't think that a wild garlic would have sprigs to pick
> *or* lick.
> So the characters must have had a source of the mythical plant.



Jane in Portchester UK

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