Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - manna
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Manna
manna
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin, from Greek, from Hebrew man Date: before 12th century 1. a. food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness b. divinely supplied spiritual nourishment c. a usually sudden and unexpected source of gratification, pleasure, or gain 2. a. the sweetish dried exudate of a Eurasian ash (especially Fraxinus ornus) that contains mannitol and has been used as a laxative and demulcent b. a similar product excreted by a scale insect (Trabutina mannipara) feeding on the tamarisk
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n. 1 the substance miraculously supplied as food to the Israelites in the wilderness (Exod. 16). 2 an unexpected benefit (esp. manna from heaven). 3 spiritual nourishment, esp. the Eucharist. 4 the sweet dried juice from the manna-ash and other plants, used as a mild laxative. Phrases and idioms manna-ash an ash tree native to S. Europe, Fraxinus ornus. Etymology: OE f. LL f. Gk f. Aram. manna f. Heb. man, explained as = man hu? what is it?, but prob. = Arab. mann exudation of common tamarisk (Tamarix gallica) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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бот. 1) манна, медвяная роса 2) манник (Glyceria) 3) лишайниковая манна (Lecanora esculenta) ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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If you say that something unexpected is manna from heaven, you mean that it is good and happened just at the time that it was needed. Ex-forces personnel could be the manna from heaven employers are seeking... PHRASE: oft v-link PHR ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 manna from heaven something that you need, which you suddenly or unexpectedly get or are given 2 the food which, according to the Bible, was provided by God for the Israelites in the desert after their escape from Egypt ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. borrowing from L.L. manna, from Gk. manna, from Heb. man, "substance exuded by the tamarisk tree." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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