English to English
ambrosia
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noun (n)
- a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae(noun.substance)source: wordnet30
- any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma(noun.plant)source: wordnet30
- fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut(noun.food)source: wordnet30
- (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal(noun.food)source: wordnet30
- The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.(noun)source: webster1913
- The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidæ believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows.(noun)source: webster1913