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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Ambrosia (0.01033 detik)
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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: ambrosia
makanan dewa
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ambrosia
ambrosia
n 1: a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and
fed to larvae [syn:
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 [syn:
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 [syn:
nectar]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ambrosia
Ambrosia
\Am*bro"sia\ (?; 277), n. [L. ambrosia, Gr. ?, properly
fem. of ?, fr. ? immortal, divine; 'a priv. + ? mortal
(because it was supposed to confer immortality on those who
partook of it). ? stands for ?, akin to Skr. mrita, L.
mortuus, dead, and to E. mortal.]
1. (Myth.)
(a) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their
drink), which conferred immortality upon those who
partook of it.
(b) An unguent of the gods.
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His dewy locks distilled ambrosia. --Milton.
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2. A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very
pleasing to the taste or smell. --Spenser.
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3. Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of
plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called
ragweed, hogweed, etc.
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4. (Zo["o]l.) The food of certain small bark beetles, family
Scolytid[ae] believed to be fungi cultivated by the
beetles in their burrows.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
5. A dessert made from shredded coconuts and oranges,
sometimes including other ingredients such as marshmallow.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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