ambrosia

Noun

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

• fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut

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

• a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  nectar , ragweed , bitterweed , beebread