01 n. The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food.
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The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food.(Script.)
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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; called also manna lichen.(Bot.) Also: manna lichen
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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 Fraxinus rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.(Bot. & Med.)
Phrases & compounds
Manna insect —
a scale insect (Gossyparia mannipara), which causes the exudation of manna from the Tamarix tree in Arabia.