Manna

Manna
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. [1913 Webster]

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}. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

{Manna insect} (Zo["o]l), a scale insect ({Gossyparia mannipara}), which causes the exudation of manna from the Tamarix tree in Arabia. [1913 Webster]


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  • Manna — • The food miraculously sent to the Israelites during their forty years sojourn in the desert (Ex., xvi; Num., xi, 6 9) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Manna     Manna      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Manna — Sn die wundersame Nahrung der Israeliten nach dem Auszug aus Ägypten erw. bildg. (14. Jh.), spmhd. mannabrōt Entlehnung. Ist mit verdeutlichender Komposition entlehnt aus spl. manna, dieses aus ntl. gr. mánna, aus hebr. / aram. mān, mannā(ʾ)… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

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  • Manna — Manna, 1) (Manna), gelbliche, zuckerartige, undurchsichtige, leicht zerbrechliche, weiche, mehr od. minder trockne, eigen süß schmeckende Substanz, welche aus der Rinde mehrer Eschenarten (Fraxinus excelsior, Fr. ornus, Fr. rotundifolia u.a.) von …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • manna (1) — {{hw}}{{manna (1)}{{/hw}}s. f. 1 Cibo che, secondo la Bibbia, piovve dal cielo sugli Ebrei che attraversavano il deserto | (est.) Grazia celeste, cibo di sapienza divina, verità rivelata da Dio. 2 Cibo, bevanda squisita. 3 (fig.) Cosa vantaggiosa …   Enciclopedia di italiano

  • manna — Old English borrowing from L.L. manna, from Gk. manna, from Hebrew man, probably lit. substance exuded by the tamarisk tree, but used in Greek and Latin specifically with reference to the substance miraculously supplied to the Children of Israel… …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Manna — Manna. Aus den eingeschnittenen Stämmen der M.esche (Fraxinus Ornus L.), eines südeuropäischen, namentlich in Calabrien und Sicilien einheimischen Baumes, fließt im Sommer ein zuckerartiger Saft, welcher durch Vertrocknen an der Luft die M.… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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