Manna Synonyms & Definitions

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• MannaDefinition & Meaning in English

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.

• Manna croupDefinition & Meaning in English

1. () The husked grains of manna grass.
2. () The portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour by the millstones: a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for puddings, soups, etc. -- called also manna groats.