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Ambrosia logo #10101) American dessert 2) American cake 3) American pudding 4) American sweet 5) American sweet course 6) American confection 7) American pastry 8) Ancient Greek cuisine 9) Apple cultivar 10) Beebread 11) Big European brand 12) Big British brand 13) British brand 14) British international brand 15) Cake from America
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Ambrosia

Ambrosia logo #10101) Beebread 2) Food of the gods 3) Heavenlyhash 4) Nectar
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Ambrosia

Ambrosia logo #21000 In ancient Greek mythology, ambrosia (ἀμβροσία, `of the immortals`) is sometimes the food or drink of the Greek gods, often depicted as conferring immortality upon whoever consumed it. It was brought to the gods in Olympus by doves, so it may have been thought of in the Homeric tradition as a kind of divine exhalation of the Earth. Ambr.....
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Ambrosia

Ambrosia logo #21000[fruit salad] Ambrosia is a variation on the traditional fruit salad. Most ambrosia recipes contain fresh or sweetened pineapple, mandarin oranges or fresh orange sections, miniature marshmallows, and coconut. Other ingredients can include maraschino cherries, bananas, strawberries, peeled grapes, or crushed pecans. Ambrosia can also includ...
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ambrosia

ambrosia logo #21796 The fungus cultivated by wood-boring beetles of the family Scolytidae
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Ambrosia

Ambrosia logo #21002• (n.) Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc. • (n.) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it. • (n.) A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleas...
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ambrosia

ambrosia logo #21495(am-BROH-zhah) - (1) The name is sometimes applied to certain beverages. (2) A traditional Christmas dish in many Southern homes, where the dessert is served in the best cut-glass bowl from the sideboard. It usually consists of chilled fruit (usually oranges and bananas) mixed with coconut.
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Ambrosia

Ambrosia logo #22340The fungus cultivated by wood-boring beetles of the family Scolytidae
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ambrosia

ambrosia logo #20688In Greek mythology, food of the gods which was supposed to confer eternal life upon all who ate it. ...
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ambrosia

ambrosia logo #209731. 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 plan...
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Ambrosia

Ambrosia logo #20972Am·bro'sia noun [ Latin ambrosia , Greek ..., properly fem. of ..., from ... immortal, divine; 'a priv. + ... mortal (because it was supposed to confer immortality on those who partook of it). ... stands for ..., akin to Sanskrit mrita , Latin mortuus , dead, and to Engl...
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Ambrosia

Ambrosia logo #22742 Ambrosia was the food of the Greek gods
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Ambrosia

Ambrosia logo #21217In Greek mythology, ambrosia was the food of the gods which was supposed to confer eternal life upon all who ate it.
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Ambrosia

Ambrosia logo #21217Ambrosia is a variety of apple.
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ambrosia

ambrosia logo #20400[n] - fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut 2. [n] - (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods
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ambrosia

ambrosia logo #21009ambrosia 1. In Greek and Roman mythology, the food or drink of the gods thought to bestow immortality. 2. Something especially delicious to taste or smell. 3. A fruit dessert made of oranges and shredded coconut and sometimes pineapple. 4. Etymology: borrowed perhaps through Middle French ambroysie, or directly from Latin ambrosia, from Greek amb...
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Ambrosia

Ambrosia logo #24000Bee bread - a mixture of pollen and nectar or honey. It is the main food source for honey bee larvae and workers.
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ambrosia

ambrosia logo #20974 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
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ambrosia

ambrosia logo #22348a kind of fungus that is grown by bark beetles in their tunnels
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ambrosia

ambrosia logo #21199the food of the gods. Cf. 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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ambrosia

ambrosia logo #23665[Intelligent words] the food and drink of the gods
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