From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishangelicaan‧gel‧i‧ca /ænˈdʒelɪkə/ noun [uncountable] HBPDFa plant that smells sweet and is used in cooking
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angelica• Decorate with candied peel and angelica.• Candied peel and angelica are coated in a thick sugar syrup, then dried.• Miss Pinkney's was a chocolate layer cake with cherries, angelica leaves, and pink sugar roses on it.• Always flatten angelica with the blade of a knife before using it for decoration.Origin angelica (1500-1600) Modern Latin Medieval Latin herba angelica “angelic plant”; because of its supposed healing powers 