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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.
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