What does "ambrosia" mean?
Ambrosia: A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell. Spenser.
Additional senses
- 2.Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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