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ambrosia

AMBRO'SIA, n. ambro'zha, [Gr. a neg. and mortal, because it was supposed to confer immortality on them that fed on it.]

1. In heathen antiquity, the imaginary food of the gods. Hence,

2. Whatever is very pleasing to the taste or smell. The name has also been given to certain alexipharmic compositions.


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AMBRO'SIA, n. ambro'zha, [Gr. a neg. and mortal, because it was supposed to confer immortality on them that fed on it.]

1. In heathen antiquity, the imaginary food of the gods. Hence,

2. Whatever is very pleasing to the taste or smell. The name has also been given to certain alexipharmic compositions.

AM-BRO'SIA, n. [ambro'zha; Gr. α neg. and βροτος, mortal, because it was supposed to confer immortality on them that fed on it.]

  1. In heathen antiquity, the imaginary food of the gods. Hence,
  2. Whatever is very pleasing to the taste or smell. The name has also been given to certain alexipharmac compositions.
  3. A genus of plants.

Am*bro"sia
  1. The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.

    (b)
  2. The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidæ believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows.
  3. A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.

    Spenser.
  4. Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.
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Ambrosia

AMBRO'SIA, noun ambro'zha, [Gr. a neg. and mortal, because it was supposed to confer immortality on them that fed on it.]

1. In heathen antiquity, the imaginary food of the gods. Hence,

2. Whatever is very pleasing to the taste or smell. The name has also been given to certain alexipharmic compositions.

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