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Meanings of ambrosia in inglés

portugués
ambrosia
español
ambrosía

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

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        ambrosía
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        ambrosia
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        ambrosía

        A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.

              ambrosía
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              ambrosia
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              nèctar

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

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                    Usage of ambrosia in inglés
                    1
                    Their food is ambrosia and nectar; their movements are swift as light.
                    General History for Colleges and High Schools
                    2
                    Such nectar and ambrosia as Mrs. Judson has provided is in there.
                    The Hermit of Far End
                    3
                    He greedily drank the resulting ambrosia as she came all over him.
                    Nocturnal
                    4
                    The only daze she was in was caused by chamalla and ambrosia.
                    Book One: Apotheosis
                    5
                    She ate nothing but celestial ambrosia, and drank nothing but divine nectar.
                    Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5
                    6
                    A very hungry man will consider even canned goods to be ambrosia.
                    The Runaway Asteroid
                    7
                    Causal- bodied beings feast only on the ambrosia of eternally new knowledge.
                    Autobiography of a Yogi
                    8
                    See how hungry and weak he is,-goand feed him with ambrosia.'
                    The Queen of the Air: Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud ...
                    9
                    That is why the miracle-food does not taste like ambrosia and nectar!
                    Gather, Darkness!
                    10
                    Addicting them to ambrosia ensured their control and kept the population in check.
                    Library of Souls
                    11
                    The nymphs thought Athena was the best thing since sliced ambrosia.
                    Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
                    12
                    Forget your nectar and ambrosia, this is the real food of the gods.
                    The Irish Times
                    13
                    No commentator has been able to explain the nature of ambrosia.
                    Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.
                    14
                    To Bud Sellers its sickening odor was the bouquet of ambrosia.
                    A Pagan of the Hills
                    15
                    Julian was upon the horse,-asa king; Una at his side, presenting ambrosia.
                    Memories of Hawthorne
                    16
                    Mr. Emerson comes sometimes, and has been feasted on our nectar and ambrosia.
                    Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2.
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                    ambrosía
                    Ambrosia through the time
                    Ambrosia across language varieties
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