trehala

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Manna from the cocoons of the insects Larinus maculatus and Larinus nidificans.

Word forms

trehala trehalas

Etymology

From New Latin trehāla, from Turkish tıgala, from Classical Persian تیغال (tīġāl, “a kind of manna”).

Synonyms

nest sugar

Derived words

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