Definition of Molle

1. Noun. Small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits.

Exact synonyms: Pepper Tree, Peruvian Mastic Tree, Schinus Molle
Group relationships: Genus Schinus, Schinus
Generic synonyms: Tree

Definition of Molle

1. a. Lower by a semitone; flat; as, E molle, that is, E flat.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Molle

moliminous
molindone
molindone hydrochloride
moline
molines
molinet
molinets
molinillo
molinillos
molinology
molla
mollah
mollahs
mollas
molle (current term)
mollebart
mollemoke
mollemokes
mollicute
mollicutes
mollie
mollient
mollies
mollifiable
mollification
mollifications
mollifie
mollified
mollifier

Literary usage of Molle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1810)
"H. molle is perennial, and flowers in July. The whole herb is clothed with scattered, short, soft hairs, which on the flower-stalks are glandular and viscid ..."

2. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1904)
"As regards the name V. molle which has been left to the southern form, a closer study of the matter has led me to the conviction that V. molle of Gray and ..."

3. The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris: Minister of the United States to by Gouverneur Morris (1888)
"M. de molle- ville tells him he has proposed him as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Distress of the Montmorin family. Narbonne, Madame de Stael, ..."

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