AmbrosiaWordNet Explorer

(classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal

something considered choice to eat

the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks

a dish served as the last course of a meal

any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma

any plant that crowds out cultivated plants

comprising the ragweeds; in some classification considered the type genus of a separate family Ambrosiaceae

annual weed with finely divided foliage and spikes of green flowers; common in North America; introduced elsewhere accidentally