| manna | 1. The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. 2. <botany> 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. <botany> 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. 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; Briancon manna, that of the European larch. <botany> Manna grass, a scale insect (Gossyparia mannipara), which causes the exudation of manna from the Tamarisk tree in Arabia. Origin: L, fr. Gr, Heb. Man; cf. Ar. Mann, properly, gift (of heaven). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| manna cannellata | A flake manna, manna in lacrimis, manna in tears or small flakes; and manna communis or manna in sortis, manna in sorts. Origin: L., fr. G. Manna, fr. Heb. Man (05 Mar 2000) |
| manna sugar | A medication given to reduce brain swelling and elevated intracranial pressure. Also used to temporarily disrupt the blood-brain barrier prior to some forms of chemotherapy. (16 Dec 1997) |
| mannan synthetase | <enzyme> From third internode of aetiolated pea seedlings; synthesises beta-1,4-mannan from GDP-d-mannose Registry number: EC 2.4.1.- Synonym: beta-1,4-mannan synthase (26 Jun 1999) |
| mannans | Mannose containing polysaccharides found in plants as storage material, in association with cellulose as hemicellulose. In yeasts a wall constituent. (18 Nov 1997) |
Synonyms : Mannan
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hardened sugary exudation of various trees miraculous food: (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus
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A gum, or honey-like juice concreted into a solid form, seldom so dry but it adheres to the fingers: its colour is whitish, or brownish, and it has sweetness, and with it a sharpness that renders it agreeable: manna is the product of two different trees, both varieties of the ash: when the heats are free from rain, these trees exudate a white juice. ...
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any polymer consisting solely or mostly of mannose residues, occurring in a variety of plants and as a cell wall constituent of some fungi.
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Egyptian bener, sweet, may be related to the Latin Venus, Vener-.
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Manna is the breadlike food that God gave the Israelites in the desert.
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| manna | (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the exodus |
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| manna | hardened sugary exudation of various trees |
| manna | southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna |
| manna | a sudden happening that brings very good fortune |
| manna | (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the exodus |
| manna | any of several moisture-loving grasses of the genus Glyceria having sweet flavor or odor |
| manna | tall tree yielding a false manna |
| manna | any of several Old World semi-crustaceous or shrubby lecanoras that roll up and are blown about over African and Arabian deserts and used as food by people and animals |
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