单词 | persian manna |
释义 | > as lemmasPersian manna Persian manna n. the resinous exudate of a thorny desert shrub, Alhagi maurorum (see alhagi n.). ΚΠ 1743 J. Fothergill Let. 14 Sept. in Chain of Friendship (1971) 80 I have desired him to put into thy hands a specimen of the Persian Manna. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 386/1 The kind [of manna] which is most abundant is by the Arabs called toorunjbeen, which is often translated ‘Persian manna’. 1991 H. De Almeida Romantic Med. & John Keats iii. xi. 160 Endymion's ‘manna-dew’ could be..the cathartic, sweet, pale yellow juice of the manna ash or Persian manna tree. < as lemmas |
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