ambrosia🔊

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

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The anointing-oil of the gods.

Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance.

Anything delightfully sweet and pleasing.

An annual herb historically used medicinally and in cooking, Dysphania botrys.

A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.

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.

A dessert made of shredded coconuts and tropical fruits such as pineapples and oranges; some recipes also include ingredients such as marshmallow and cream.

A plant of the genus Ambrosia. +