ambrosia
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1. (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal (noun.food)
| domain category | : | classical mythology, |
| definition | : | the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks (noun.group) |
2. fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | afters, dessert, sweet, |
| definition | : | a dish served as the last course of a meal (noun.food) |
3. any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | weed, |
| definition | : | any plant that crowds out cultivated plants (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ambrosia artemisiifolia, common ragweed, |
| definition | : | annual weed with finely divided foliage and spikes of green flowers; common in North America; introduced elsewhere accidentally (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus ambrosia, |
| definition | : | comprising the ragweeds; in some classification considered the type genus of a separate family Ambrosiaceae (noun.plant) |
4. a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | composition, |
| definition | : | a mixture of ingredients (noun.substance) |
5. (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal (noun.food)
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