Ambrosia

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1. Noun

The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.

2. Noun

An unguent of the gods.

3. Noun

A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.

4. Noun

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

5. 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
Vocabulary classified under Biology

6. Noun

a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae
Vocabulary classified under Chemistry

7. Noun

(classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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