angelica

name

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

1. A female given name from Italian.

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

   “Angelica Ferrara, lead author of the paper and postdoctoral scholar at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University, says her preliminary research suggests that some women may spend several hours a week managing the emotional and social well-being of the men in their lives.”

noun

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

   “[…] 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. A candied stem of the plant, used to decorate cookies.
3. A member of any species of genus Aralia.
4. Synonym of angélique (“a musical instrument”).