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ambrosia
(encz) | ambrosia,ambrózie n: Zdeněk Brož |
ambrosia
(gcide) | ambrosia \am*bro"sia\ ([a^]m*br[=o]"zh[.a]
or[a^]m*br[=o]"zh[i^]*[.a]; 277), n. [L. ambrosia, Gr.
'ambrosi`a, properly fem. of 'ambro`sios, fr. 'a`mbrotos
immortal, divine; 'a priv. + broto`s mortal (because it was
supposed to confer immortality on those who partook of it).
broto`s stands for mroto`s, akin to Skr. m[.r]ita, L.
mortuus, dead, and to E. mortal.]
1. (Myth.)
(a) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their
drink), which conferred immortality upon those who
partook of it.
(b) An unguent of the gods.
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His dewy locks distilled ambrosia. --Milton.
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2. A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very
pleasing to the taste or smell. --Spenser.
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3. Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of
plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called
ragweed, hogweed, etc.
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4. (Zool.) The food of certain small bark beetles, family
Scolytidae believed to be fungi cultivated by the
beetles in their burrows.
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5. A dessert made from shredded coconuts and oranges,
sometimes including other ingredients such as marshmallow.
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ambrosia
(wn) | ambrosia
n 1: a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and
fed to larvae [syn: beebread, ambrosia]
2: any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants
constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly
allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
[syn: ragweed, ambrosia, bitterweed]
3: fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded
coconut
4: (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals
who ate it became immortal [syn: ambrosia, nectar] |
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ambrosial
(encz) | ambrosial,ambróziový adj: Zdeněk Brožambrosial,božský adj: Zdeněk Brožambrosial,lahodný adj: Zdeněk Brožambrosial,rajský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ambrosian
(encz) | ambrosian,ambróziový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
rostliny rodu ambrosia
(czen) | rostliny rodu Ambrosia,ragweedn: [bot.] Ambrosia artemisiifolia (=A.
elatior), A. trifida, A. maritima, A. psilostachya Michal Ambrož |
Ambrosia artemisiaefolia
(gcide) | Ragweed \Rag"weed`\ (r[a^]g"w[=e]d`), n. (Bot.)
A common American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisiaefolia)
with finely divided leaves; hogweed.
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Great ragweed, a coarse American herb (Ambrosia trifida),
with rough three-lobed opposite leaves.
[1913 Webster]Wormwood \Worm"wood\, n. [AS. werm?d, akin to OHG. wermuota,
wormuota, G. wermuth, wermut; of uncertain origin.]
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1. (Bot.) A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having
a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a
tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from
moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called
absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term
is often extended to other species of the same genus.
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2. Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
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Lest there should be among you a root that beareth
gall and wormwood. --Deut. xxix.
18.
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Roman wormwood (Bot.), an American weed ({Ambrosia
artemisiaefolia}); hogweed.
Tree wormwood (Bot.), a species of Artemisia (probably
Artemisia variabilis) with woody stems.
Wormwood hare (Zool.), a variety of the common hare ({Lepus
timidus}); -- so named from its color.
[1913 Webster]Bitterweed \Bit"ter*weed`\, n. (Bot.)
A species of Ambrosia (Ambrosia artemisi[ae]folia); Roman
worm wood. --Gray.
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Ambrosia artemisiaege
(gcide) | Hogweed \Hog"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A common weed (Ambrosia artemisi[ae]ge). See
Ambrosia, 3.
(b) In England, the Heracleum Sphondylium.
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Ambrosia beetle
(gcide) | Ambrosia beetle \Ambrosia beetle\ (Zool.)
A bark beetle that makes and feeds on ambrosia[4].
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Ambrosia trifida
(gcide) | Ragweed \Rag"weed`\ (r[a^]g"w[=e]d`), n. (Bot.)
A common American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisiaefolia)
with finely divided leaves; hogweed.
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Great ragweed, a coarse American herb (Ambrosia trifida),
with rough three-lobed opposite leaves.
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ambrosiac
(gcide) | ambrosiac \am*bro"si*ac\ ([a^]m*br[=o]"z[i^]*ak or
[a^]m*br[=o]"zh[i^]*ak), a. [L. ambrosiacus: cf. F.
ambrosiaque.]
Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious. [R.]"Ambrosiac
odors." --B. Jonson.
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Ambrosiaceae
(gcide) | Ambrosiaceae \Ambrosiaceae\ prop. n.
1. 1 in some classifications considered a separate family
comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the
ragweeds.
Syn: family Ambrosiaceae.
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Ambrosial
(gcide) | Ambrosial \Am*bro"sial\ ([a^]m*br[=o]"zhal or
[a^]m*br[=o]"zh>icr/*al), a. [L. ambrosius, Gr. 'ambro`sios.]
1. Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia;
delighting the taste or smell; delicious. "Ambrosial
food." "Ambrosial fragrance." --Milton.
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2. Divinely excellent or beautiful. "Shakes his ambrosial
curls." --Pope.
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Ambrosially
(gcide) | Ambrosially \Am*bro"sial*ly\, adv.
After the manner of ambrosia; delightfully. "Smelt
ambrosially." --Tennyson.
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Ambrosian
(gcide) | Ambrosian \Am*bro"sian\, a.
Ambrosial. [R.] --. Jonson.
[1913 Webster]Ambrosian \Am*bro"sian\, a.
Of or pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian office, or
ritual, a formula of worship in the church of Milan,
instituted by St. Ambrose.
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Ambrosian chant, the mode of signing or chanting introduced
by St. Ambrose in the 4th century.
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Ambrosian chant
(gcide) | Ambrosian \Am*bro"sian\, a.
Of or pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian office, or
ritual, a formula of worship in the church of Milan,
instituted by St. Ambrose.
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Ambrosian chant, the mode of signing or chanting introduced
by St. Ambrose in the 4th century.
[1913 Webster]Chant \Chant\, n. [F. chant, fr. L. cantus singing, song, fr.
canere to sing. See Chant, v. t.]
1. Song; melody.
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2. (Mus.) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts
by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung
or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.
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3. A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.
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4. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. [R.]
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His strange face, his strange chant. --Macaulay.
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Ambrosian chant, See under Ambrosian.
Chant royal [F.], in old French poetry, a poem containing
five strophes of eleven lines each, and a concluding
stanza. -- each of these six parts ending with a common
refrain.
Gregorian chant. See under Gregorian.
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ambrosia artemisiifolia
(wn) | Ambrosia artemisiifolia
n 1: annual weed with finely divided foliage and spikes of green
flowers; common in North America; introduced elsewhere
accidentally [syn: common ragweed, {Ambrosia
artemisiifolia}] |
ambrosia psilostachya
(wn) | Ambrosia psilostachya
n 1: coarse perennial ragweed with creeping roots of dry barren
lands of southwestern United States and Mexico [syn:
western ragweed, perennial ragweed, {Ambrosia
psilostachya}] |
ambrosia trifida
(wn) | Ambrosia trifida
n 1: a coarse annual with some leaves deeply and palmately
three-cleft or five-cleft [syn: great ragweed, {Ambrosia
trifida}] |
ambrosiaceae
(wn) | Ambrosiaceae
n 1: in some classifications considered a separate family
comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the
ragweeds [syn: Ambrosiaceae, family Ambrosiaceae] |
ambrosial
(wn) | ambrosial
adj 1: extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant; "a
nectarous drink"; "ambrosial food" [syn: ambrosial,
ambrosian, nectarous]
2: worthy of the gods [syn: ambrosial, ambrosian] |
ambrosian
(wn) | Ambrosian
adj 1: of or by or relating to Saint Ambrose; "Ambrosian chants"
2: extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant; "a
nectarous drink"; "ambrosial food" [syn: ambrosial,
ambrosian, nectarous]
3: worthy of the gods [syn: ambrosial, ambrosian] |
family ambrosiaceae
(wn) | family Ambrosiaceae
n 1: in some classifications considered a separate family
comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the
ragweeds [syn: Ambrosiaceae, family Ambrosiaceae] |
genus ambrosia
(wn) | genus Ambrosia
n 1: comprising the ragweeds; in some classification considered
the type genus of a separate family Ambrosiaceae |
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