ambrosia (æmˈbrəʊzɪə) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | classical myth Compare nectar the food of the gods, said to bestow immortality |
| 2. | anything particularly delightful to taste or smell |
| 3. | another name for beebread |
| 4. | any of various herbaceous plants constituting the genus Ambrosia, mostly native to America but widely naturalized: family Asteraceae (composites). The genus includes the ragweeds |
| [C16: via Latin from Greek: immortality, from ambrotos, from | |
| am'brosial | |
| —adj | |
| am'brosian | |
| —adj | |
| am'brosially | |
| —adv | |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |