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‖ Alˈhagi Bot.|ælˈhɑːdʒɪ|
[mod.L. (Rauwolf 1537), ad. Arab. al-ḥāj, used by Avicenna.]
A genus of leguminous plants, some of which produce a kind of manna.
1769Sir J. Hill Fam. Herb. (1812) 17 There is a kind more rare, called Persian manna; this is produced by the shrub called alhagi. 1847Craig s.v., The manna of this country..has nothing to do with Moor's Alhagi or Hebrew manna. |
