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noun
The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek, Roman, countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
The anointing-oil of the gods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek, Roman, countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance.
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noun
Anything delightfully sweet and pleasing.
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An annual herb historically used medicinally and in cooking, Dysphania botrys.
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noun
A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.
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Any fungus of a number of species that insects such as ambrosia beetles carry as symbionts, "farming" them on poor-quality food such as wood, where they grow, providing food for the insect.
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A dessert originating in the Southern United States made of shredded coconuts and tropical fruits such as pineapples and oranges; some recipes also include ingredients such as marshmallow and cream.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A plant of the genus Ambrosia.
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(classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: nectar
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Broader terms: dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
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fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut
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Broader terms: dessert, sweet, afters
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any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ragweed, bitterweed
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Broader terms: weed
Narrower terms: common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, great ragweed, Ambrosia trifida, western ragweed, perennial ragweed, Ambrosia psilostachya
noun
a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: beebread
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Broader terms: composition
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Indo-European *mer- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós Proto-Indo-European *n̥mr̥tós Proto-Hellenic *ə́mrətos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́μβροτος (ắmbrotos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μβροσῐ́ᾱ (ămbrosĭ́ā)der. Latin ambrosialbor. English ambrosia From Latin ambrosia (“food of the gods”), from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosía, “immortality”), from ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos, “immortal”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βροτός (brotós, “mortal”).
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