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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Manna from the cocoons of the insects Larinus maculatus and Larinus nidificans. uncountable, usually

Synonyms

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nest sugarnest sugar

Etymology

From New Latin trehāla, from Turkish tıgala, from Classical Persian تیغال (tīġāl, “a kind of manna”).

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