Ambrosia : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Ambrosia	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Ambrosia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ambrosia n a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae Synonym(s): beebread, ambrosia any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma Synonym(s): ragweed, ambrosia, bitterweed 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 Synonym(s): ambrosia, nectar
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ambrosia \Am*bro"sia\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The food of certain small bark beetles, family {Scolytid[91]} 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.