Also tarfah. [a. Arab. ṭarfā.] The tamarisk, Tamarix gallica, which exudes a gum called manna. Also attrib.
1841. Kitto, Palestine, I. iv. 213. The Hebrews began to get their manna in May, and continued for forty years to have it fresh every day, excepting Saturdays; but the tarfah only yields its product in July and August.
1858. Bonar, Hymns Faith & Hope, 216. Creeping through the wiry boughs Of these tarfas.
1859. Martin, trans. Kurtz’s Hist. Old Covt., III. 31. The manna produced on the tarfah shrub is caused by the prick of an insect.
1870. Jas. Hamilton, Moses, xiii. 216. Jehovah did not ignore the few drops which already trickled from the tarfah-trees.
