Molucca

Origin

From Indonesian Maluku.

Full definition of Molucca

Proper noun

1. (in the plural) The Molucca Islands, a group of islands in southeast Asia which are now part of Indonesia.
• 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, volume 10:And now on earth it selfe enlarged has
  From th'utmost brinke of the Armericke shore
  Unto the margent of the Molucas?

Derived terms

• Molucca bean
• Molucca berry
• Molucca crab
• Molucca palm