manna: meaning and definitions

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: viewed the bonus as manna from heaven.

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.