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1. (n.) ambrosia
the food of the ancient Greek and Roman gods, ensuring their immortality.
2. ambrosia
something especially delicious to taste or smell.
3. ambrosia
a dessert of oranges, shredded coconut, and often pineapple.
Etymology: (1545–55; < L < Gk: immortality, food of the gods, n. use of fem. of ambrósios=a-a -6+-mbrosios, comb. form of brotōsmortal)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) beebread, ambrosia
a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae
2. (noun) ragweed, ambrosia, bitterweed
any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
3. (noun) ambrosia
fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut
4. (noun) ambrosia, nectar
(classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) ambrosia
the fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it
2. (noun) ambrosia
an unguent of the gods
3. (noun) ambrosia
a perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell
4. (noun) ambrosia
formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. ambrosia
A plant genus of the family ASTERACEAE. The POLLEN is one cause of HAYFEVER.
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