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MANNA LICHEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several Old World partially crustaceous or shrubby lecanoras that roll up and are blown about over African and Arabian deserts and used as food by people and animals
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Hypernyms ("manna lichen" is a kind of...):
lecanora (any lichen of the genus Lecanora; some used in dyeing; some used for food)