NOUN | substance | ambrosia, beebread | a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae |
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plant | ambrosia, ragweed, bitterweed | any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma | |
food | ambrosia | fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut | |
food | ambrosia, nectar | (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods |
Sounds | aembrow'zhah | |
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Rhymes | amnesia ... Tunisia: 22 rhymes with zhah... |
Meaning | A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae. | |
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Synonym | beebread | |
Broader | composition | A mixture of ingredients |
Spanish | ambrosía | |
Catalan | ambrosia |
Meaning | Any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma. | |
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Synonyms | ragweed, bitterweed | |
Member of | genus Ambrosia | Comprising the ragweeds |
Narrower | common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia | annual weed with finely divided foliage and spikes of green flowers |
great ragweed, Ambrosia trifida | A coarse annual with some leaves deeply and palmately three-cleft or five-cleft | |
western ragweed, perennial ragweed, Ambrosia psilostachya | coarse perennial ragweed with creeping roots of dry barren lands of southwestern United States and Mexico | |
Broader | weed | Any plant that crowds out cultivated plants |
Spanish | ambrosía | |
Catalan | ambrosia |
Meaning | fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut. | |
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Broader | dessert, sweet, afters | A dish served as the last course of a meal |
Meaning | (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal. | |
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Synonym | nectar | |
Category | classical mythology | The system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together |
Broader | dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat | Something considered choice to eat |
Spanish | ambrosía, néctar | |
Catalan | ambrosia, nèctar | |
Adjectives | ambrosial | worthy of the gods |
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