• Ambrosia

    Pronunciation

    • US IPA: /æmˈbɹoÊŠÊ’É™/

    Origin

    From Latin ambrosia ("food of the gods"), from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosia, "immortality"), from ἄμβροτος (ambrotos, "immortal"), from ἀ- ("not") + βροτός (brotos, "mortal").

    Noun

    ambrosia

    (uncountable)
    1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.
    2. Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance.
    3. A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.

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