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flowering ash Flowering ash, or manna ash (Fraxinus ornus).

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manna, any of a variety of plants and plant products known for their sweet taste. Certain resins produced by the camelā€™s thorn plant (Alhagi maurorum) are known as manna; it is a spiny-branched shrub less than 1 metre (about 3 feet) tall and is native to Turkey. An edible white honeylike substance known as manna forms drops on the stem of salt cedars, or French tamarisk trees (Tamarix gallica). A scale insect that feeds on...

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