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单词 briançon
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Briançonn.

Brit. /ˈbriːɒ̃sɒ̃/, /ˈbriːɒnsɒ̃/, /ˈbriːɒnsɒn/, U.S. /ˌbriɑnˈsɔn/, /ˌbriɑnˈsɑn/
Forms: 1600s– Briançon, 1600s 1900s– Briancon.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Briançon.
Etymology: < Briançon (French Briançon), the name of a town in south-eastern France, where the substance was originally (and until the early 20th cent. exclusively) collected. Compare post-classical Latin manna brianzona Briançon manna (16th cent.) and French manne de Briançon (1694 or earlier).
Now rare.
Briançon manna n. (also manna of Briançon) a (dried) sugary substance, formerly used medicinally as a mild laxative, which contains the sugar melezitose and is produced by certain insects, esp. aphids of the genus Cinara, feeding on the sap of the European larch, Larix decidua; cf. manna n.1 3, honeydew n. 1.Briançon manna was previously thought to be exuded from the needles of L. decidua.
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1688 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (ed. 2) 166 The Manna of Briancon.
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening v. 101 The Manna of Calabria, and of Briancon, are only the Transudation of a Humour that breaths out of..Larch-Trees.
1754 J. Hill Useful Family Herbal 17 There is a kind of Manna used in France called the Briançon Manna, this is produced by the Larch-Tree.
1818 S. F. Gray Suppl. Pharmacopœias 125 Briançon manna. Manna laricis. Exuded from the leaves of the larch in Dauphiny; laxative, but weaker than that of the ash.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 718/2 Manna of Briançon, a turpentiny saccharine exudation from the larch.
1934 C. C. Steele Introd. Plant Biochem. iii. viii. 82 Melicitose or Melizitose occurs in various exudations from trees; e.g. Briançon manna from Larch twigs (Larix europæa).
1980 Bull. Hist. Med. 54 333 Physicians in the department [of the High-Alps] often prescribed remedies which included local herbs, such as gentian, Briançon manna, violet, blackberry root and giant centaury.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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