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Manna Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Manna? [n] (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the exodus [n] hardened sugary exudation of various trees Synonyms \| Synonyms for Manna: manna from heaven \| miraculous food Related Terms \| Find terms related to Manna: ambrosia \| benefaction \| benefit \| benevolence \| blessing \| bonne bouche \| boon \| bread \| care \| cate \| choice morsel \| daily bread \| dainty \| delicacy \| dessert \| economic support \| endowment \| favor \| godsend \| goody \| grace \| keep \| kickshaw \| livelihood \| living \| loaves and fishes \| maintenance \| manna from heaven \| meat \| morsel \| mothering \| nectar \| nourishment \| nurture \| price support \| provision \| savory \| subsidization \| subsidy \| subsistence \| subvention \| support \| sustainment \| sustenance \| sustentation \| tender loving care \| tidbit \| titbit \| TLC \| treat \| upkeep See Also \| food \| nutrient \| sap Manna In Webster's Dictionary \Man"na\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, Heb. m[=a]n; cf. Ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven).] 1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. --Ex. xvi. 15. 2. (Bot.) A name given to lichens of the genus {Lecanora}, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food. 3. (Bot. & Med.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of {Fraxinus Ornus}, and {F. rotundifolia}, the manna ashes of Southern Europe. Note: {Persian manna} is the secretion of the camel's thorn (see {Camel's thorn}, under {Camel}); {Tamarisk manna}, that of the {Tamarisk mannifera}, a shrub of Western Asia; {Australian, manna}, that of certain species of eucalyptus; {Brian[,c]on manna}, that of the European larch. {Manna grass} (Bot.), a name of several tall slender grasses of the genus {Glyceria}. they have long loose panicles, and grow in moist places. {Nerved manna grass} is {Glyceria nervata}, and {Floating manna grass} is {G. flu}. {Manna insect} (Zo["o]l), a scale insect ({Gossyparia mannipara}), which causes the exudation of manna from the Tamarisk tree in Arabia.

Manna Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Manna?

[n] (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the exodus
[n] hardened sugary exudation of various trees

Synonyms | Synonyms for Manna: manna from heaven | miraculous food

See Also | food | nutrient | sap

Manna In Webster's Dictionary

\Man"na\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, Heb. m[=a]n; cf. Ar. mann,
properly, gift (of heaven).]
1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their
   journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely
   supplied food. --Ex. xvi. 15.

2. (Bot.) A name given to lichens of the genus {Lecanora},
   sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and
   Africa, and gathered and used as food.

3. (Bot. & Med.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale
   yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and
   shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the
   secretion of {Fraxinus Ornus}, and {F. rotundifolia}, the
   manna ashes of Southern Europe.

Note: {Persian manna} is the secretion of the camel's thorn
      (see {Camel's thorn}, under {Camel}); {Tamarisk manna},
      that of the {Tamarisk mannifera}, a shrub of Western
      Asia; {Australian, manna}, that of certain species of
      eucalyptus; {Brian[,c]on manna}, that of the European
      larch.

{Manna grass} (Bot.), a name of several tall slender grasses
   of the genus {Glyceria}. they have long loose panicles,
   and grow in moist places. {Nerved manna grass} is
   {Glyceria nervata}, and {Floating manna grass} is {G.
   flu}.

{Manna insect} (Zo["o]l), a scale insect ({Gossyparia
   mannipara}), which causes the exudation of manna from the
   Tamarisk tree in Arabia.

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