'Fraxinus Ornus' definitions:

Definition of 'Fraxinus ornus'

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noun
Southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna [syn: manna ash, flowering ash, Fraxinus ornus]

Definition of 'Fraxinus Ornus'

From: GCIDE
  • Manna \Man"na\ (m[a^]n"n[.a]), n. [L., fr. Gr. ma`nna, Heb. m[=a]n; cf. Ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven).]
  • 1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. --Ex. xvi. 15. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Bot.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food; called also {manna lichen}. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Bot. & Med.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and {Fraxinus rotundifolia}, the manna ashes of Southern Europe. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Persian manna is the secretion of the camel's thorn (see Camel's thorn, under Camel); Tamarisk manna, that of the Tamarisk mannifera, a shrub of Western Asia; Australian, manna, that of certain species of eucalyptus; Brian[,c]on manna, that of the European larch. [1913 Webster]
  • Manna insect (Zool), a scale insect ({Gossyparia mannipara}), which causes the exudation of manna from the Tamarix tree in Arabia. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fraxinus ornus'

From: GCIDE
  • manna ash \manna ash\ n. (Bot.), A South Mediterranean ash (Fraxinus ornus) having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna.
  • Syn: flowering ash, Fraxinus ornus. [WordNet 1.5]

Definition of 'Fraxinus ornus'

From: GCIDE
  • manna ash \manna ash\ n. (Bot.), A South Mediterranean ash (Fraxinus ornus) having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna.
  • Syn: flowering ash, Fraxinus ornus. [WordNet 1.5]

Definition of 'Fraxinus ornus'

From: GCIDE
  • mannitol \man"ni*tol\, n. [Mannite + -ol.]
  • 1. (Chem.) A white crystalline hexose (HO.CH2.(CHOH)4.CH2.OH) of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus); -- called also mannite, and {hydroxy hexane}. Cf. Dulcite. It is used in pharmacy as excipient and diluent for solids and liquids. It is also used as a food additive for anti-caking properties, or as a sweetener, and, illegally, to "cut" (dilute) illegal drugs such as cocaine or heroin.
  • Syn: D-mannitol; manna sugar; cordycepic acid; Diosmol; Mannicol; Mannidex; Osmiktrol; Osmosal. [1913 Webster +PJC]