Australian English Meaning of ambrosia

Ambrosia

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Wordnet

ambrosia (n)

a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae

any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma

fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut

(classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal

Webster

ambrosia (n.)

The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.

An unguent of the gods.

A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.

Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.

The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidae believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows.

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Ambrosia

a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae, any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia th

Attar,fragrance,fragrance,funk,deliciousness,Otto,perfume,ránkness,savor,savouriness

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ambrose gwinett bierce => Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, ambrose everett burnside => Ambrose Everett Burnside, ambrose bierce => Ambrose Bierce, ambrose => Ambrose, ambrogio damiano achille ratti => Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti,