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ambrosia /am-brōˈz(h)i-ə or -zhə/ noun- The food (later, the drink) of the Greek gods, which conferred everlasting youth and beauty
- The anointing oil of the gods
- Any fragrant or delicious food or beverage
- Something sweet and pleasing
- Bee-bread
- Fungi cultivated for food by certain bark-beetles (ambrosia beetles) of the Scolytidae
- (with cap) a genus of Compositae, a common cause of hay fever, known in N America as ragweeds
ORIGIN: Gr ambrosiā, from ambrotos immortal, from a- (privative), and brotos (orig mortos) mortal; cf Sans amṛta immortal ambrōˈsial adjective - Fragrant
- Sweet
- Delicious
- Immortal
- Heavenly
ambrōsˈially adverb ambrōˈsian adjective |