Angelica

name, noun

name, noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tall plant, with hollow stems, genus Angelica, especially garden angelica (Angelica archangelica). countable, uncountable

    "[…] all ye shall shortly behold how, as one shattereth a stalk of angelica, I will break and shatter the limbs of this Goldry Bluszco."

  2. 2
    aromatic stems or leaves or roots of Angelica Archangelica wordnet
  3. 3
    Candied stems of the plant, used to decorate cookies. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    candied stalks of the angelica plant wordnet
  5. 5
    Species of Aralia. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels wordnet
  2. 7
    Synonym of angélique (“musical instrument”). countable, uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Italian.

    "Look to the bak'd meats, good Angelica, / Spare not for cost."

Synonyms

All synonyms
angeliqueangéliquearchangelarchangelcondimentgarden angelica

Example

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"Angelica Pickles is very selfish."

Etymology

Church Italian Angelica, from Latin angelica or a Latinate elaboration of Angela. Name of a heroine in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1516).

Related phrases

Norwegian angelicaangelica treegarden angelicalittle-leaf angelicaangelica archangelica

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