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US
/æmˈbɹoʊʒə/
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[ UK /æmbɹˈəʊziə/ ]
[ UK /æmbɹˈəʊziə/ ]
NOUN
- (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal
- fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut
- any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
- a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae
How To Use ambrosia In A Sentence
- (Not to be confused with what we call cookies)To serve Devon, or Cornwall clotted cream would desecrate a good southern biscuit (and be a waste of the cream really, I prefer it on saffron buns)a bit of plain cream, fresh butter, and cane syrup poured over a hot biscuit is ambrosia. Scones, Cream and Jam - a West Country cream tea
- In the poem, Hector's body, attached to Achilles' chariot and dragged around Troy, cannot be mutilated because Aphrodite has anointed it with ambrosia.
- Recollect always that ambrosia, as food of gods, is the continual restorer of strength; that all food is ambrosial when it nourishes, and that the night is called "ambrosial" because it restores strength to the soul through its peace, as, in the The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing
- The ambrosia fungus appears as the black lining of the gallery.
- The "Pigeon in Crispy Pastille" in the Moroccan restaurant is a delicate patty of tender shredded pigeon in crispy layers of millefeuille, an edible work of art, while the "Orange Salad" dessert offers magical orbs of orange ambrosia that burst in your mouth like citrus caviar. Being a Paying Guest of the King
- He is in Billy's make-believe world of ambrosia the moment the curtain rises.
- Not dissimilar to the 1960's standby in the 'burbs of Toronto called "ambrosia" which was a white sweet glommy glob including coconut flakes, tinned mandarin orange segments and other preserved ingredients. Latter-day fixin's!
- They who had practised penances and observed excellent vows for amrita now seemed to be eager seekers after amrita (celestial ambrosia). The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva
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- The food was said to be superb and like ambrosia on earth.