ambrosias

Noun

ambrosia (countable and uncountable, plural ambrosias or (rare) ambrosiae)

1. (Greek, Roman) The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.
   • He had a most intense admiration of female loveliness, and looked upon woman as a kind of super-angelic being, whose food should be the ambrosiæ and nectar of the gods, and whose garments the spotless white of vestal purity.1845 November, Caroline Lee Hentz, “The Mysterious Reticule”, in Sarah J[osepha] Hale, Morton M’Michael, Louis A[ntoine] Godey, editors, Godey’s Magazine and Lady’s Book, volume XXXI, number 16...
2. (Greek, Roman) The anointing-oil of the gods.
3. Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance.
4. Anything delightfully sweet and pleasing.
   • A favorite. It’s refreshing now and will evolve into golden ambrosia with age. […] The dessert wines of the Loire Valley and AJsace also deserve recognition. From the Anjou area of the Loire come the ambrosiae of Savennières, Bonnezeaux, and Quarts de Chaume.2001, Jamal A. Rayyis, Food & Wine Magazine’s Wine Guide 2002, New York, N.Y.: American Express Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, pages 112 and 278
5. An annual herb historically used medicinally and in cooking, Dysphania botrys.
6. A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.

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