angelica
English
Pronunciation
Noun
angelica (countable and uncountable, plural angelicas)
- A tall plant, with hollow stems, genus Angelica, especially garden angelica (Angelica archangelica).
- Synonym: archangel
- 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 24:
- […] all ye shall shortly behold how, as one shattereth a stalk of angelica, I will break and shatter the limbs of this Goldry Bluszco.
- Candied stems of the plant, used to decorate cookies.
- Species of Aralia.
- Synonym of angélique (“musical instrument”).
Derived terms
Translations
plants of genus Angelica
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candied stem
References
- Angelica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Angelica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Angelica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˈd͡ʒɛ.li.ka/
- Rhymes: -ɛlika
- Hyphenation: an‧gè‧li‧ca
Etymology 1
Adjective
angelica
- feminine singular of angelico
Noun
angelica f (plural angeliche)
- angelica (plant)
Etymology 2
Verb
angelica
- inflection of angelicare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- angelica: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aŋˈɡɛ.lɪ.ka]
- angelica: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [an̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛː.li.ka]
- angelicā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aŋˈɡɛ.lɪ.kaː]
- angelicā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [an̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛː.li.ka]
Adjective
angelica
- inflection of angelicus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
angelicā
- ablative feminine singular of angelicus
References
- "angelica", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)