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Moon’s Eye. Ox-eye Daisy, Chrysanthemum 
Leucanthemum (a Minehead school-girl). 
Moon-wort. (1) The general English name 
for the Fern, Botrychium Lunaria. 
(2) Honesty, Lunaria biennis. See Moon- 
FLOWER (2). 
Moor. The several branching roots and 
rootlets of a tree which grow out from the Moor. 
Mr. Elworthy quotes one as saying ‘‘ We’ve a 
chopped off the Moors, but we shant never beat 
thick there Moor abroad ’thout we puts a bit 
o’ powder in un.’ See MORE. 
Moot. The entire root of a tree, including all 
Moors or branching rootlets. When a tree is 
felled all that remains in the ground is called the 
Moor. 
Mor. A tuft of grass (Rev. W. P. Williams). 
Mors. A Thorncombe correspondent gives me 
this as a Devonshire name for the Greater Knap- 
weed, Centaurea Scabiosa. 
MoRE. The root of a flower or of a small 
plant ; a single root of a tree (Rev. Wm. Barnes). 
Dr. Downes writes “ MORES is a general term 
for roots in the West of England, even roots of a 
tooth!’ See Moor. 
MoRNING GuoRY. (1) Hedge Convolvulus or 
Bindweed, Calystegia sepium. 
(2) Field Convolvulus or Lesser Bindweed, 
Convolvulus arvensis (much less frequently). 
(3) A very general name for the cultivated 
climbing Convoivulus, Ipomoea purpurea. 
MorRNING Stars. (1) Several young people 
at Dunster and others at Cutcombe and Hatch 
Beauchamp give me this as a local name for 
Chrysanthemums. 
(2) A school-girl at Ilminster gives me this 
as a local name for the Snowdrop, Galanthus 
nivalis. Dr. Downes suggests probably in con- 
fusion with the Star of Bethlehem, Ornithogalum. 
(3) Greater Stitchwort, Stellaria Holostea 
(Shaftesbury). 
Moses’ BLANKET. Great Mullein, Verbascum. 
Thapsus (Ubley). 
Moses IN THE SBULRUSHES. (1) Several 
school-boys at Evercreech give me this as a local 
name for the Arrowhead, Sagittaria sagittifolia. 
(2) His Honour J. S. Udal gives this as a 
Dorset name for the Spiderwort, Tradescantia. 
virginica. 
(3) A Dorset lady tells me this is a Dorset name 
for a kind of Iris. 
Moss Roszs. A school-girl at Doulting gives 
me this as a local name for the Scarlet Elf-cup 
Fungus, Geopyxis coccinea, often growing on 
mossy twigs. See ELF-cup. 
