- the food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness. Exodus 16:14–36.
- any sudden or unexpected help, advantage, or aid to success.
- divine or spiritual food.
- the exudation of the ash Fraxinus ornus and related plants: source of mannitol.
- the miraculous food which sustained the Israelites in the wilderness (Exodus 16:14–36)
- any spiritual or divine nourishment
- a windfall; an unexpected gift (esp in the phrase manna from heaven)
- a sweet substance obtained from various plants, esp from an ash tree, Fraxinus ornus (manna or flowering ash) of S Europe, used as a mild laxative
