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angelica noun1. E16.
[medieval Latin, short for herba angelica angelic plant.]
A robust umbelliferous plant of northern and eastern Europe, Angelica archangelica, grown esp. for its seeds and stems, which are used as flavouring. Also (more fully wild angelica), a related Eurasian plant of streamsides etc., A. sylvestris. E16.
a. The root of angelica; an aromatic essence obtained from it. M16.
b. The candied stalk of angelica, used in cookery. L19.
Comb.: angelica tree a prickly tree, Aralia spinosa, of the ginseng family, native to the eastern US.