Mannite

[mænait]

Definition

(n.) A white crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus); -- called also mannitol, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite.

(n.) A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina, or devil's apron.

Typed by Brian

Definition

n. a sweetish crystalline compound found in celery sea-grasses the dried sap of the flowering ash &c.

Typist: Morton