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cf. Bee bread - a mixture of pollen and nectar or honey. It is the main food source for honey bee larvae and workers.
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the food and drink of the gods "Frieda represents the lovely goddess, Hebe, who served nectar and ambrosia to the high gods on Mount Olympus," she explained. — Vandercook, Margaret
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1550s, "favored food or drink of the gods," from Latin ambrosia, from Greek ambrosia "food of the gods," fem. of ambrosios, probably literally "of the immortals," from a- [..]
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ambrozye
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(am-BROH-zhah) – (1) The name is sometimes applied to certain beverages.  (2) A traditional Christmas dish in many Southern homes, where the dessert is served in the best cut-glass bowl from the sideb [..]
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Termed the food of the gods on Mt. Olympus. More recently, the word designates a dessert of chilled fruit mixed with coconut. Ambrosia is also sometimes served as a salad.  T
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Greek Mythology refers to ambrosia as the food of the gods (translation is "immortality"). Also a dessert mixture of fruit served many ways, with or without gelatin.
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(n) (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal(n) a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae(n) any of numerous chiefly Nort [..]
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A Plant genus of the Family Asteraceae. The Pollen is one cause of Hayfever.
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A plant genus of the family ASTERACEAE. The POLLEN is one cause of HAYFEVER.
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1. According to Greek mythology, ambrosia (meaning "immortality") was the food of the gods on Mt. Olympus. More recently, the word designates a dessert of chilled fruit (usually oranges and [..]
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, the fungus cultivated by wood-boring Scolytidae (Coleoptera), or, more specifically, the part of the fungus that grows out into the burrows and is eaten by the beetles (Wilson); in Apidae (Hymenopte [..]
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In Greek mythology, ambrosia is food and drink with which the Olympian gods preserved their immortality; a symbol of sexual energy. Also known in India as Soma and in the Judeo-Christian scriptures as Manna.
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1. The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it. An unguent of the gods. "His dewy locks distilled ambrosia." (Milton) 2. A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell. 3. Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot), a genus of pl [..]
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Ambrosiinae|subtribe|noshow=1'' - subtribe
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Feminine form of Ambrosios (see Ambrose).
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