trehala
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From New Latin trehāla, from Turkish tıgala, from Classical Persian تیغال (tīğāl, “a kind of manna”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɑːlə
Noun[edit]
trehala (usually uncountable, plural trehalas)
- Manna from the cocoons of the insects Larinus maculatus and Larinus nidificans.
Synonyms[edit]
- (manna): nest sugar