Ambrosia

Quick meaning: Ambrosia is a noun meaning (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.

Meaning

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.

More Meanings

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The anointing-oil of the gods.
2. Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance.
3. Anything delightfully sweet and pleasing.
4. An annual herb historically used medicinally and in cooking, Dysphania botrys.
5. A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.
6. Any fungus of a number of species that insects such as ambrosia beetles carry as symbionts, "farming" them on poor-quality food such as wood, where they grow, providing food for the insect.
7. A dessert originating in the Southern United States made of shredded coconuts and tropical fruits such as pineapples and oranges; some recipes also include ingredients such as marshmallow and cream.

Example Sentences

Section G: The Collector’s corner, Mrs. J. R. Cowan, blue, for her ambrosiae.

The ambrosias [ragweeds] are not only very harmful competitors of plants, but they also are dangerous vectors of allergic illnesses of man.

He had a most intense admiration of female loveliness, and looked upon woman as a kind of super-angelic being, whose food should be the ambrosiæ and nectar of the gods, and whose garments the spotless white of vestal purity.

A favorite. It’s refreshing now and will evolve into golden ambrosia with age. […] The dessert wines of the Loire Valley and AJsace also deserve recognition. From the Anjou area of the Loire come the ambrosiae of Savennières, Bonnezeaux, and Quarts de Chaume.

Word Forms

• ambrosias
• ambrosiae

Synonyms for ambrosia

Depending on context, synonyms include ragweed, nectar, beebread, bitterweed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nectar, bitterweed, beebread, ragweed, beetles, asphodel.

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