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Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: French, from manna, from Late Latin Date: 1827 mannitol
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Mannite Man"nite, n. [Cf. F. mannite.] 1. (Chem.) 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.
