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beebread: a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae ragweed: any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal
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In ancient mythology, Ambrosia (Greek ) is sometimes the food, sometimes the drink, of the gods. The word has generally been derived from Greek a- ("not") and mbrotos ("mortal"); hence the food or drink of the immortals. The classical scholar Arthur Woollgar Verrall, however, denied that there is any clear example in which the word ambrosios necessarily means immortal, and preferred to explain it as "fragrant," a sense which is always suitable. ...
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Food of the Gods. Ambrosia was also given in the form of an offering to Zeus Ktesios composed of water, oil, and fruit. From ambrotos meaning "immortal".
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(a,[ji.?6<na), festivals observed in Greece, in honour of Dionysus, which seem to have derived their name from the luxuries of the table, or from the indulgence of drinking. According to Tzetzes on Hesiod (Op. et D. v. 504) these festivals were solemnized in the month of Lenaeon, during the vintage. (Etym. M. sv Arjvaitbv, p. 564. 7. ; GEW Schneider, Ueber das Attisclie Theater- wesen, p. 43 ; KF Hermann, Lelirb. d. gottesdienstl. Alterth. d. GriccJim, ?58. n. 7.) [LS]
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A dessert of chilled fruits combined with coconut. Oranges and bananas are the most common fruits used. Ambrosia may also be served as a salad.
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