manna

In the Bible, the food miraculously provided for the Israelites in the wilderness during their flight from Egypt.

Spiritual nourishment of divine origin.

Something of value that a person receives unexpectedly.

A dried exudate of certain plants, especially the Eurasian ash tree Fraxinus ornus, formerly used as a laxative.

A sweet granular substance excreted on the leaves of plants by certain insects, especially scale insects and aphids, sometimes harvested for food.

The food by which the children of Israel were sustained in the wilderness (Ex. xvi. 14-36; Num. xi. 6, 7).

Hence Delicious food for either the body or the mind; delectable material for nourishment or entertainment.

Divine or spiritual food.

In pharmacy, a sweet concrete juice obtained by incisions made in the stem of Fraxinus Ornus, a native of Sicily, Calabria, and other parts of the south of Europe, and from other species of ash.

The secretion of the tamarisk, Tamarix Gallica, var. mannifera. It is a honey-like liquid which exudes from punctures made by an insect, hardens on the stems, and drops to the ground. It is collected by the Arabs as a delicacy.