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Definition of Ambrosia
1. Noun. A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.
2. Noun. Any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma.
Group relationships: Genus Ambrosia
Specialized synonyms: Ambrosia Artemisiifolia, Common Ragweed, Ambrosia Trifida, Great Ragweed, Ambrosia Psilostachya, Perennial Ragweed, Western Ragweed
Generic synonyms: Weed
3. Noun. Fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut.
4. Noun. (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal.
Generic synonyms: Dainty, Delicacy, Goody, Kickshaw, Treat
Category relationships: Classical Mythology
Derivative terms: Ambrosial, Nectarous
Definition of Ambrosia
1. n. The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.
2. n. The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidæ believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows.
Definition of Ambrosia
1. Noun. (''Greek & Roman Mythology'') The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality ¹
2. Noun. Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance ¹
3. Noun. A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ambrosia
1. the food of the Greek and Roman gods [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ambrosia
1. 1. The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it. 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. 3. Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc. Origin: L. Ambrosia, Gr, properly fem. Of, fr. Immortal, divine; 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ambrosia
Literary usage of Ambrosia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Haste therefore, and instil ambrosia sweet 410 (Lest he should faint) and nectar
on his lips." He spoke, and kindled in Athene's breast The love, ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY.1 ambrosia.—By this name Schmittberger designated a soft
watery substance found in the burrows of certain beetles and supposed to be of ..."
3. The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Knt.: In Thirteen Parts by John Henry Thomas, John Farquhar Fraser, Robert Philip Tyrwhitt, Edward Coke (1826)
"Mich. 40 & 41 Eliz. In the Court of Wards. ambrosia Tin: father shall have the
wardship of his daughter and heir apparent, so long ** she ..."
4. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1897)
"ambrosia," we are told, contains 25 per cent, by weight of the richest Devonshire
cream, ... ambrosia " may be obtained of nearly all chemists. ..."
5. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"ambrosia.—RAG-WEED. Character of the Genus.—Sterile and fertile flowers in
different heads upon the ... ambrosia trifida Linne.—Great Rag-Weed. Description. ..."
6. The Bee People by Margaret Warner Morley (1905)
"V. ambrosia AND NECTAR. OF course no one, not even Miss Apis nor the lovely Venus
herself, could live entirely upon nectar. ..."
7. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1845)
"... whilst ^'ie with ambrosia cleans'd her dainty skin, That as unto the house of
Jove she went, The scent thereof ..."
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