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ambrosia

English ambrosia meaning in English  •  ambrosia का अर्थ अंग्रेजी में
Noun
  • The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.
  • A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.
  • Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called >ragweed >, >hogweed >, etc.
  • The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidæ believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows.
  • A dessert made from shredded coconuts and oranges, sometimes including other ingredients such as marshmallow.
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