ambrosia
amb roh zhuh
- n a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae
- n any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
- n fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut
- n (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal
- Zeus and Hera, who are just folks, watch it so much that they must surely have to keep a six-pack of nectar and a frozen ambrosia dinner close at hand.
- Coca-Cola May 15, 1950 See Larger Cover Cover Story Excerpt: People almost everywhere are buying it as if it were the biggest glass of ambrosia in the world for a nickel.
- And ambrosia it was -- Kellogg's Wheat-Nut Ambrosia, a new product described as low in fat, high in bran.