Măn'na, n.

n. [Lat. manna, Gr. μάννα, Heb. mân, Ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven), from manna, Heb. mânan, mâna'li, to share, bestow.]

1. (Script.) A substance miraculously furnished as food for the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. Ex. xvi. 15.
2. (Med.) A sweetish secretion from many trees; as, the manna ash (Ornus Europæa, and O. rotundifolia), mostly obtained from Sicily; the Camel's-thorn (which see), of Arabia and Syria; the Tamariscus Gallica, of Arabia and Syria; and the European larch, or Larix Europæa. This is known as Briançon manna. The best manna is in oblong pieces or flakes of a whitish or pale yellow color, light, friable, and somewhat transparent. It is a mild laxative. Eng. Cyc.