From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
ambrosia \am*bro"sia\ ([a^]m*br[=o]"zh[.a]
or[a^]m*br[=o]"zh[i^]*[.a]; 277), n. [L. ambrosia, Gr.
'ambrosi`a, properly fem. of 'ambro`sios, fr. 'a`mbrotos
immortal, divine; 'a priv. + broto`s mortal (because it was
supposed to confer immortality on those who partook of it).
broto`s stands for mroto`s, akin to Skr. m[.r]ita, L.
mortuus, dead, and to E. mortal.]
1. (Myth.)
(a) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their
drink), which conferred immortality upon those who
partook of it.
(b) An unguent of the gods.
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His dewy locks distilled ambrosia. --Milton.
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2. A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very
pleasing to the taste or smell. --Spenser.
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3. 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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4. (Zool.) The food of certain small bark beetles, family
{Scolytidae} believed to be fungi cultivated by the
beetles in their burrows.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
5. A dessert made from shredded coconuts and oranges,
sometimes including other ingredients such as marshmallow.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ambrosia
n 1: a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and
fed to larvae [syn: {beebread}, {ambrosia}]
2: any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants
constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly
allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
[syn: {ragweed}, {ambrosia}, {bitterweed}]
3: fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded
coconut
4: (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals
who ate it became immortal [syn: {ambrosia}, {nectar}]
From Latin-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-lat-eng]:
ambrosia
ambrosia
From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-por-eng]:
ambrosia
ambrosia
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