ambrosia vs honeydew

ambrosia

noun
  • Anything delightfully sweet and pleasing. 

  • 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. 

  • Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance. 

  • 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. 

honeydew

noun
  • Something that is enjoyable or pleasant. 

  • A sweet, sticky substance deposited on leaves and other plant parts by insects (especially aphids and scale insects) feeding on plant sap, or by fungi. 

  • In full honeydew tobacco: a fine sort of tobacco moistened with a sweet substance (originally molasses). 

  • A light green colour, like the flesh of some honeydew melons. 

  • A blackish mould (often called sooty mould) produced by fungi of the order Dothideales, feeding on the substance mentioned in sense 1. 

  • A sweet liquid substance resembling the substance mentioned in sense 1, such as honey, nectar, or manna in the Bible. 

adj
  • Of a light green colour, like the flesh of some honeydew melons. 

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