Ambrosia vs. Nectar — What's the Difference?

In the ancient Greek myths, ambrosia (, Ancient Greek: ἀμβροσία 'immortality') is the food or drink of the Greek gods, often depicted as conferring longevity or immortality upon whoever consumed it. It was brought to the gods in Olympus by doves and served by either Hebe or Ganymede at the heavenly feast.Ambrosia is sometimes depicted in ancient art as distributed by a nymph labeled with that name and a nurse of Dionysus.

Nectar is a sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries or nectarines, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists, which in turn provide herbivore protection. Common nectar-consuming pollinators include mosquitoes, hoverflies, wasps, bees, butterflies and moths, hummingbirds, honeyeaters and bats.

Greek & Roman Mythology The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.

A sweet liquid that many plants secrete from specialized structures, often inside flowers, where it serves to attract pollinators such as certain insects and birds. Bees use nectar to make honey.

Something with an especially delicious flavor or fragrance.

Greek & Roman Mythology The drink of the gods.

A dessert of mixed fruits, usually including oranges and pineapple, combined with flaked coconut and often marshmallows.

A beverage containing fruit juice or purée.

The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.

A delicious or invigorating drink.

The anointing-oil of the gods. Category:en:Immortality

The drink of the gods.

Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance.

(by extension) Any delicious drink, now especially a type of sweetened fruit juice.

Anything delightfully sweet and pleasing.

(botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds.

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

(intransitive) To feed on nectar.

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

The drink of the gods (as ambrosia was their food); hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage.

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 sweetish secretion of blossoms from which bees make honey.

A dessert made of shredded coconuts and tropical fruits such as pineapples and oranges; some recipes also include ingredients such as marshmallow and cream.

A sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators

The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.

Fruit juice especially when undiluted

A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.

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

Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.

The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidæ believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows.

A dessert made from shredded coconuts and oranges, sometimes including other ingredients such as marshmallow.

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

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

Fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut

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