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Definition of Mannan
1. a type of sugar [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mannan
Literary usage of Mannan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"... mannan, what boots it a man, what does it better a man, might have been
translated, what does it advance a man, what does it further him. ..."
2. A Mœso-Gothic Glossary: With an Introduction, an Outline of Mœso-Gothic by Walter William Skeat (1868)
"The chief exceptions are manna (a man), fon (fire); •which are thus declined.
Manna, mans, mann, mannan, manna; pi. nom. and ace. both manna and mannans, ..."
3. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"Yeast mannan consists of a white non-hygroscopic powder, easily soluble in ...
Salep mannan. — A very pure mannan has been prepared from the mucilage of ..."
4. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"Yeast mannan consists of a white non-hygroscopic powder, easily soluble in ...
Salep mannan. — A very pure mannan has been prepared from the mucilage of ..."
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