ambrosia
n. legendary food of the gods (Greek Mythology); something that has a wonderful taste or smell; dessert made of fruits and coconut; genus of hermaphroditic composite herbs that includes ragweeds | ||||
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AMBROSIA Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Ambrosia
(n.)
The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.
(n.)
Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.
(n.)
An unguent of the gods.
(n.)
A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.
(n.)
The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.
(n.)
Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.
(n.)
An unguent of the gods.
(n.)
A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.
| WordNet 2.0 |
ambrosia
Noun
1. a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae
(synonym) beebread
(hypernym) composition
2. any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
(synonym) ragweed, bitterweed
(hypernym) weed
(hyponym) common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia
(member-holonym) genus Ambrosia
3. fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut
(hypernym) dessert, sweet, afters
4. (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal
(synonym) nectar
(hypernym) dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
(classification) classical mythology
Noun
1. a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae
(synonym) beebread
(hypernym) composition
2. any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
(synonym) ragweed, bitterweed
(hypernym) weed
(hyponym) common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia
(member-holonym) genus Ambrosia
3. fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut
(hypernym) dessert, sweet, afters
4. (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal
(synonym) nectar
(hypernym) dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
(classification) classical mythology
| GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS |
ambrosia
food of the gods; anything very pleasing to the taste or smell.
food of the gods***ambrosia was supposed to give immortality to any human who ate it.
food of the gods; anything very pleasing to the taste or smell.
food of the gods***ambrosia was supposed to give immortality to any human who ate it.
| hEnglish - advanced version |
ambrosia
ambrosia
beetle \ambrosia beetle\ (zo?l.) a bark beetle that feeds on ambrosia.
similar words(3)
ambrosia psilostachya
ambrosia trifida
ambrosia beetle
ambrosia
beetle \ambrosia beetle\ (zo?l.) a bark beetle that feeds on ambrosia.
similar words(3)
ambrosia psilostachya
ambrosia trifida
ambrosia beetle
AMBROSIA Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| JM Latin-English Dictionary |
ambrosia
N F
food of the gods| ambrosia; fabulous healing plant/juice; antidote (to poison)
N F
food of the gods| ambrosia; fabulous healing plant/juice; antidote (to poison)
ambrosius
ADJ
immortal| divine| of things belonging to the gods; ambrosial
AMBROSIA Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Ambrosia
Ambrosia (Greek) [from ambrotos immortal from a not + mortos or brotos mortal; cf Sanskrit amrita from a not + the verbal root mri to die; Latin immortalus from in not + mors death] In Classical myths variously the food, drink, or unguent of the gods or divine wisdom, connected with nectar; anything that confers or promotes immortality. Equivalent to the Sanskrit amrita and soma and the northern European mead. In a Chinese allegory, the flying Dragon drinks of ambrosia and falls to earth with his host. The laws of evolution entail a so-called curse or fall upon virtually all the hosts of monads frequently called angels, whereby they are cast down to the nether pole and undergo peregrinations in the realms of matter; in the case of many such "fallen angels," this involves imbodiment or incarnation on earth. Man himself at a stage of his evolution experiences a similar "descent" and speeding-up, due to the impulses of the immortal urge within his breast to grow, progress, evolve, and become cognizant of larger reaches of truth. This is evident in the highly mystical Hebrew story of the forbidden Tree and in the various legends pertaining to soma in Hindu literature.
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Ambrosia (Greek) [from ambrotos immortal from a not + mortos or brotos mortal; cf Sanskrit amrita from a not + the verbal root mri to die; Latin immortalus from in not + mors death] In Classical myths variously the food, drink, or unguent of the gods or divine wisdom, connected with nectar; anything that confers or promotes immortality. Equivalent to the Sanskrit amrita and soma and the northern European mead. In a Chinese allegory, the flying Dragon drinks of ambrosia and falls to earth with his host. The laws of evolution entail a so-called curse or fall upon virtually all the hosts of monads frequently called angels, whereby they are cast down to the nether pole and undergo peregrinations in the realms of matter; in the case of many such "fallen angels," this involves imbodiment or incarnation on earth. Man himself at a stage of his evolution experiences a similar "descent" and speeding-up, due to the impulses of the immortal urge within his breast to grow, progress, evolve, and become cognizant of larger reaches of truth. This is evident in the highly mystical Hebrew story of the forbidden Tree and in the various legends pertaining to soma in Hindu literature.
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AMBROSIA Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
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AMBROSIA Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Ambrosia
In ancient Greek mythology, Ambrosia is sometimes the food, sometimes the drink, of the gods, often depicted as conferring immortality on whoever consumes it.
Ambrosia is very closely related to the gods' other form of sustenance, nectar. The two terms may not have originally been distinguished, though in Homer's poems and later works, nectar is the drink and ambrosia the food. On the other hand, in Alcman, nectar is the food, and in Sappho and Anaxandrides, ambrosia is the drink. Both are fragrant, and may be used as perfume.
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