the fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.-an unguent of the gods.-a perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.-formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.