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1. A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae
   - beebread
    
2. Any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
   - ragweed, bitterweed
    
3. Fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut
    
4. (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal
   - nectar

Derived forms: ambrosias

See also: ambrosial

Type of: afters [Brit], composition, dainty, delicacy, dessert, goody, kickshaw [archaic], sweet, treat, weed

Part of: genus Ambrosia

Encyclopedia: Ambrosia