/am broh"zheuh/ , n.
1. Class. Myth. the food of the gods. Cf. nectar (def. 3).
2. something especially delicious to taste or smell.
3. a fruit dessert made of oranges and shredded coconut and sometimes pineapple.
[ 1545-55; ambrósios, equiv. to a- A- 6 + -mbros- (comb. form of brotos MORTAL; akin to L mortuus dead, MURDER) + -ios adj. suffix; r. ME ambrose, ambrosie ambroise ]