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ambrosia /amˈbrəʊzɪə/
▶noun
- 1 Greek & Roman Mythology the food of the gods.
■ something very pleasing to taste or smell.
- 2 a fungal product used as food by ambrosia beetles or their larvae.
- 3 another term for bee bread.
– derivatives
ambrosial adjective.
ambrosial adjective.
– origin C16: via L. from Gk, ‘elixir of life’, from ambrotos ‘immortal’.
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