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Molucca (iou)



Molucca noun. L17.
[Molucca Islands, or Moluccas, a group of islands in SE Asia, now part of Indonesia.]
Used attrib. to designate things found in or associated with the Molucca Islands.
Molucca balm a cultivated labiate plant, Moluccella laevis, native to the eastern Mediterranean region. Molucca bean the nicker-nut. Molucca crab the horseshoe crab.
Moluccan adjective & noun (a) adjective of or pertaining to the Molucca Islands, their inhabitants, or any of the Austronesian languages spoken by them; (b) noun a native or inhabitant of the Molucca Islands: M18.
Moluccian noun = Moluccan noun: only in E17.