ambrosia
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- noun
- /æmˈbroʊʒə/
- US
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ambrosía (EE. UU.)
- At the family reunion, my aunt always brings her famous ambrosia filled with tropical fruits and creamy dressing.
- ambrosia salad
- make ambrosia
- ambrosia cake
Examples
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That's pure ambrosia.
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For dessert, we enjoyed a refreshing bowl of ambrosia made with oranges, bananas, and coconut.
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Have some of this ambrosia.
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You figure out how to serve ambrosia to 50 people without coconut.
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And l will bring the ambrosia salad!
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Try our new fragrant ambrosia flavor.
Fiction book (2002) -
Don't tell me you don't like ambrosia.
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My name's Joyce, and l noticed that you have not tasted any of the ambrosia salad... ..that l made especially for you.
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While mourners walked up the hill from town and Mrs. Oates walked down from her bungalow, Mrs. Burns stood in the kitchenette of the front office among bowls of ambrosia.
Fiction book (2000) -
Everyone at the picnic loved the ambrosia salad that I prepared with fresh fruit and whipped cream.
Compounds
- Specialized
A North American weed called common ragweed with many thin leaves and green flower spikes that makes pollen causing allergies
- Specialized
A rough plant that lives for many years and spreads with deep roots in dry places
- Specialized
A tall annual plant that makes pollen causing allergies and has leaves divided into three or five parts
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ambrosia for the sweet fruit dessert was named because people thought it was as delicious as the gods' food, the original 'ambrosia'. So calling a very tasty fruit salad ambrosia makes you think of a treat fit for the gods.