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man·nite    Audio Help   (mān'īt')  Pronunciation Key  n.   Mannitol. [mann(a) + -ite1.]

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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.

2. (Bot.) A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina, or devil's apron.

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