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ambrosia

[ am-broh-zhuh ]
/ æmˈbroʊ ʒə /
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noun

Classical Mythology. the food of the gods.Compare nectar (def. 3).
something especially delicious to taste or smell.
a fruit dessert made of oranges and shredded coconut and sometimes pineapple.

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Origin of ambrosia

1545–55; <Latin <Greek: immortality, food of the gods, noun use of feminine of ambrósios, equivalent to a-a-6 + -mbros- (combining form of brotōsmortal; akin to Latin mortuus dead, murder) + -ios adj. suffix; replacing Middle English ambrose, ambrosie<Old French ambroise<Latin

Words nearby ambrosia

ambrette-seed oil, ambrettolide, ambroid, Ambrose, Ambrose Channel, ambrosia, ambrosia beetle, ambrosial, Ambrosian, Ambrosian chant, ambrotype
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Words related to ambrosia

delicacy, nectar

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British Dictionary definitions for ambrosia

ambrosia
/ (æmˈbrəʊzɪə) /

noun

classical myth the food of the gods, said to bestow immortalityCompare nectar (def. 2)
anything particularly delightful to taste or smell
another name for beebread
any of various herbaceous plants constituting the genus Ambrosia, mostly native to America but widely naturalized: family Asteraceae (composites). The genus includes the ragweeds

Derived forms of ambrosia

ambrosial or ambrosian, adjectiveambrosially, adverb

Word Origin for ambrosia

C16: via Latin from Greek: immortality, from ambrotos, from a- 1 + brotos mortal
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Cultural definitions for ambrosia

ambrosia
[ (am-broh-zhuh) ]

The food of the gods in classical mythology. Those who ate it became immortal.

notes for ambrosia

Particularly delicious food is sometimes called “ambrosia.”
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