Angelica

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Etymology [edit]

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Proper noun [edit]

Angelica

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae — the angelica and related plants.

See also [edit]

  • See Wikispecies for the very many species

English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

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

Proper noun [edit]

Angelica

  1. A female given name.
    • ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet: Act IV, Scene IV:
      Look to the bak'd meats, good Angelica, / Spare not for cost.

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Italian [edit]

Proper noun [edit]

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Angelica

  1. A female given name
  2. An order or nuns (or a member of that order)

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Swedish [edit]

Proper noun [edit]

Angelica

  1. A female given name, cognate to English Angelica.