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Ambrosia
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(1):
(n.) The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidae believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows.
(2):
(n.) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.
(3):
(n.) Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.
(4):
(n.) An unguent of the gods.
(5):
(n.) A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ambrosia'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/ambrosia.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ambrosia'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/ambrosia.html. 1828.