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Definition of: manna
(man′ə) noun
1. The miraculously supplied food on which the Israelites subsisted in the wilderness. Exodus xvi 14–36.
2. Divine or spiritual nourishment.
3. A sweetish substance obtained from incisions in the stems of various trees or shrubs, especially the stems of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus and F. rotundifolia) of southern Europe. It is a mild laxative. [OE <LL <Gk. <Aramaic mannā <Hebrew mān]
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