moxa
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese 艾 (mogusa, “mugwort”). The u is not strongly pronounced in Japanese, leading to its disappearance and the devoicing of the plosive. First used by Hermann Buschoff, a Dutch minister in Batavia, who wrote the first book about this remedy in 1674.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
moxa (countable and uncountable, plural moxas)
- Dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, Artemisia argyi as used in moxibustion.
- Any other plant used in moxibustion.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
mugwort leaves
See also[edit]
moxibustion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Munsee[edit]
Particle[edit]
móxa
References[edit]
- O'Meara, John (2014), “móxa”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN