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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ambrosia \Am*bro"sia\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The food of certain small bark beetles, family {Scolytid[ae]} believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ambrosia \Am*bro"sia\ (?; 277), n. [L. ambrosia, Gr ?, properly fem. of ?, fr ? immortal, divine; 'a priv. + ? mortal (because it was supposed to confer immortality on those who partook of it). ? stands for ?, akin to Skr. mrita 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. His dewy locks distilled ambrosia. --Milton. 2. A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell. --Spenser. 3. Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ambrosia n 1: a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae [syn: {beebread}] 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}, {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: {nectar}]
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