ambrosia vs goody

ambrosia

noun
  • Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance. 

  • 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. 

  • Anything delightfully sweet and pleasing. 

  • The anointing-oil of the gods. 

  • The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality. 

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

  • An annual herb historically used medicinally and in cooking, Dysphania botrys. 

goody

noun
  • A small amount of something good to eat. 

  • Pudding made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices. 

  • Any small, usually free, item. 

  • That which is good, the good part of something, which one desires to extract or use up. 

  • An American fish, the lafayette or spot. 

adj
  • Synonym of goody-goody (“mawkishly good; weakly benevolent or pious”) 

intj
  • Used to indicate pleasure or delight. 

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