Meanings
nountrehala (usually uncountable, plural trehalas)
plural trehalas
- uncountableusuallyManna from the cocoons of the insects Larinus maculatus and Larinus nidificans.
Synonyms: nest sugar
Synonyms & antonyms
nounManna from the cocoons of the insects Larinus maculatus and Larinus nidificans.
Similar
nest sugar
Origin
- Classical Persianتیغال“a kind of manna”
- Turkishtıgala
- New Latintrehāla
- Englishtrehala
From New Latin trehāla, from Turkish tıgala, from Classical Persian تیغال (tīġāl, “a kind of manna”).
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Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with trehala
galaimpalaUppsalakoalaValhallatalamasalapalaSinhalakamalachallahnyalamancalawallahalcavalaimalalauhalalicualatambalatikka masala
All rhymes →Anagrams
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APA
trehala. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trehala
MLA
“trehala.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trehala. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trehala,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trehala.
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