| 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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