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Fraxinus Ornus
(gcide) | Manna \Man"na\ (m[a^]n"n[.a]), n. [L., fr. Gr. ma`nna, 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.
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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; called also {manna
lichen}.
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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 {Fraxinus
rotundifolia}, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.
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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.
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Manna insect (Zool), a scale insect ({Gossyparia
mannipara}), which causes the exudation of manna from the
Tamarix tree in Arabia.
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Fraxinus ornus
(gcide) | manna ash \manna ash\ n. (Bot.),
A South Mediterranean ash (Fraxinus ornus) having fragrant
white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna.
Syn: flowering ash, Fraxinus ornus.
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Fraxinus ornus
(gcide) | mannitol \man"ni*tol\, n. [Mannite + -ol.]
1. (Chem.) A white crystalline hexose
(HO.CH2.(CHOH)4.CH2.OH) of a sweet taste obtained from a
so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash
(Fraxinus ornus); -- called also mannite, and {hydroxy
hexane}. Cf. Dulcite. It is used in pharmacy as
excipient and diluent for solids and liquids. It is also
used as a food additive for anti-caking properties, or as
a sweetener, and, illegally, to "cut" (dilute) illegal
drugs such as cocaine or heroin.
Syn: D-mannitol; manna sugar; cordycepic acid; Diosmol;
Mannicol; Mannidex; Osmiktrol; Osmosal.
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fraxinus ornus
(wn) | Fraxinus ornus
n 1: southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in
dense panicles and yielding manna [syn: manna ash,
flowering ash, Fraxinus ornus] |
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Fraxinus Ornus
(gcide) | Manna \Man"na\ (m[a^]n"n[.a]), n. [L., fr. Gr. ma`nna, 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.
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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; called also {manna
lichen}.
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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 {Fraxinus
rotundifolia}, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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Manna insect (Zool), a scale insect ({Gossyparia
mannipara}), which causes the exudation of manna from the
Tamarix tree in Arabia.
[1913 Webster]manna ash \manna ash\ n. (Bot.),
A South Mediterranean ash (Fraxinus ornus) having fragrant
white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna.
Syn: flowering ash, Fraxinus ornus.
[WordNet 1.5]mannitol \man"ni*tol\, n. [Mannite + -ol.]
1. (Chem.) A white crystalline hexose
(HO.CH2.(CHOH)4.CH2.OH) of a sweet taste obtained from a
so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash
(Fraxinus ornus); -- called also mannite, and {hydroxy
hexane}. Cf. Dulcite. It is used in pharmacy as
excipient and diluent for solids and liquids. It is also
used as a food additive for anti-caking properties, or as
a sweetener, and, illegally, to "cut" (dilute) illegal
drugs such as cocaine or heroin.
Syn: D-mannitol; manna sugar; cordycepic acid; Diosmol;
Mannicol; Mannidex; Osmiktrol; Osmosal.
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fraxinus ornus
(wn) | Fraxinus ornus
n 1: southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in
dense panicles and yielding manna [syn: manna ash,
flowering ash, Fraxinus ornus] |
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