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Mannite
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina, or devil's apron.
(2):
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Mannite'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/mannite.html. 1828.