moxa
noun
a flammable substance or material obtained from the leaves of certain Chinese and Japanese wormwood plants, especially Artemisia moxa.
moxas
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pluralof moxa.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Her nervous crises, beginning with sobs, ended in floods of tears; and every kind of remedy, from diet-drinks to moxas, had been employed, so that, through sheer weariness, she accepted Bouvard's offer to cure her.
From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Gustave Flaubert
Our doctor, my chum, or I will come and apply moxas.
From Father Goriot by Ellen Marriage
