angelica

plural angelicas

1. countableuncountableA 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.

   1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 24

   Synonyms: archangel

2. countableuncountableA candied stem of the plant, used to decorate cookies.
3. countableuncountableA member of any species of genus Aralia.
4. countableuncountableSynonym of angélique (“a musical instrument”).

   Synonyms: angélique

1. A female given name from Italian.

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

   c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]

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   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.

   2024 October 23, Kim Elsesser, “Mankeeping: How Shrinking Male Social Networks May Burden Women”, in Forbes