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  2. Manna - Wikipedia

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    The Gathering of the Manna by James Tissot. Manna (Hebrew: מָן, romanized: mān, Greek: μάννα; Arabic: اَلْمَنُّ), sometimes or archaically spelled mana, is described in the Bible and the Quran as an edible substance that God bestowed upon the Israelites while they were wandering the desert during the 40-year period that followed the Exodus and preceded the conquest of Canaan.

  3. Althaea officinalis - Wikipedia

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    Mallow was an edible vegetable among the Romans; a dish of marsh mallow was one of their delicacies. Prospero Alpini stated in 1592 that a plant of the mallow kind was eaten by the Egyptians . Many of the poorer inhabitants of Syria subsisted for weeks on herbs, of which marshmallow is one of the most common.

  4. Mahlon and Chilion - Wikipedia

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    Mahlon (Hebrew: מַחְלוֹן Maḥlōn) and Chilion or Kilion (כִּלְיוֹן Ḵilyōn) were two brothers mentioned in the Book of Ruth.They were the sons of Elimelech of the tribe of Judah and his wife Naomi.

  5. List of plants in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Plants of the Bible, Missouri Botanical Garden; Project "Bibelgarten im Karton" (biblical garden in a cardboard box) of a social and therapeutic horticultural group (handicapped persons) named "Flowerpower" from Germany; List of biblical gardens in Europe; Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Plants in the Bible" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York ...

  6. Wild edible plants of Israel and Palestine - Wikipedia

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    Gundelia is said to taste like something between asparagus and artichoke. [105] [98] The earliest known mentions of this plant are in the Mishna (Uktzin 3:2), in Midrash Rabba (Genesis Rabba, s.v. קוץ ודרדר יצמח לך ‎), [106] [d] and in the Babylonian Talmud (Betza 34a). Today, the Tumble thistle is protected under Israeli law. [104]

  7. Forbidden fruit - Wikipedia

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    From this term derived the Old French word pom (modern French pomme), which originally also meant "fruit", but in later times the word took on the narrower meaning of "apple", leading medieval artists to represent the fruit as an apple. [10] There is nothing in the Bible indicating that the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge was an apple ...

  8. Marshmallow - Wikipedia

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    In addition to being a foam, this also makes marshmallows an "aerated" confection because it is made up of 50% air. The goal of an aerated confection like a marshmallow is to incorporate gas into a sugar mixture, and stabilize the aerated product before the gas can escape. When the gas is introduced into the system, tiny air bubbles are created.

  9. Bible - Wikipedia

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    The Bible [a] is a collection of religious texts and scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, and partly in Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. The texts ...