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an·geli·ca (an jel′i kə)

noun

any of a number of related plants (genus Angelica) of the umbel family, with tall stalks, large divided leaves, clusters of white or greenish flowers, and roots and fruit used in flavoring, perfumes, medicine, etc.

Etymology: ModL < ML (herba) angelica, lit., the angelic (herb) < LL(Ec) angelicus (see angelic): so named from its medical uses

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angelica Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • include: At the back of the garden there will be modern woodland planting including angelica, ferns, Libertia and blueberry bushes.

Adjective modifier

  • wild: And in Spring, the verges of the lanes are high in wild angelica, its vivid light green found nowhere else in nature.

Modifies a noun

  • root: Contact sensitivity to angelica root oil in a 62 year old woman with dermatitis around the eyes was reported by Larsen ( 1975 ).

Noun used with modifier

  • vox: The stops labeled ' flute ' , ' horn ' and ' vox angelica ' were pulled out, ready for use.
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