ambrosia

noun

• The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.
• The anointing-oil of the gods.
• Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance.
• Anything delightfully sweet and pleasing.
• An annual herb historically used medicinally and in cooking, Dysphania botrys.
• A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.
• Any fungus of a number of species that insects such as ambrosia beetles carry as symbionts, "farming" them on poor-quality food such as wood, where they grow, providing food for the insect.
• A dessert made of shredded coconuts and tropical fruits such as pineapples and oranges; some recipes also include ingredients such as marshmallow and cream.