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Manna
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(1):
(n.) 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.
(2):
(n.) 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):
(n.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Manna'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/m/manna.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Manna'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/m/manna.html. 1828.
