单词 | briançon manna |
释义 | > as lemmasBriançon manna 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.extracted from Briançonn.< as lemmas |
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