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Trehala
(n.)
An amorphous variety of manna obtained from the nests and
cocoons of a Syrian coleopterous insect (Larinus maculatus, L.
nidificans, etc.) which feeds on the foliage of a variety of thistle.
It is used as an article of food, and is called also nest sugar.