a South American tree, Dicorynia paraensis, of the legume family.
the hard, reddish-brown wood of this tree, used in shipbuilding.
< French: plant of Angelica genus. See angelic
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Still, pleasant as her recollections were, she often looked back self-reproachfully upon passages of her youth; and Sainte-Beuve, though he calls her coquetry "une coquetterie angelique," recognizes it as a blemish.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 by Various
Cut a piece of angelique to represent the stem and properly arrange the petals around one end of it and press them on.
From Candy-Making Revolutionized Confectionery from Vegetables by Hall, Mary Elizabeth
Preserved Green Angelique.—Select angelique that is fresh, young, crisp, and as tender as possible.
From Candy-Making Revolutionized Confectionery from Vegetables by Hall, Mary Elizabeth
White potato fondant is used for the petals and candied orange peel for the center, and angelique for the stem and leaves.
From Candy-Making Revolutionized Confectionery from Vegetables by Hall, Mary Elizabeth
The calyx, made from angelique, may be also so attached.
From Candy-Making Revolutionized Confectionery from Vegetables by Hall, Mary Elizabeth
The Jimmy Buffett lifestyle crosses seas and transcends continents, as Angélique Kidjo proved on a regal take of “One Particular Harbour.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Five-time Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo is one of the continent’s greatest exports, with 16 albums to her name.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
Music icon Angélique Kidjo is celebrating 40 years in music this year - marking the occasion with a concert at London's Royal Albert Hall.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2023
In a slim volume of essays mixing memoir and social history, the novelist offers “meditations” on an array of Black figures from around the world, from Angelo Soliman to Kehinde Wiley to Marie-Joseph Angélique.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
He had, he says, previously offered Angélique et Jeanneton, a little work of a very different kind, and the public would neither buy nor read it.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George
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