Ambrosia

(a?n-brof -zhe-ali) \_anfipocia, the food of the gods]. A genus of composite flowered herbs. A. artei?iisicBfolia, common hogweed of North America; stimulant, tonic, antiperiodic, and astringent. A. trifid a has similar properties. The pollen of these plants is by some regarded as a cause of hay -fever. 48