angelique

¹ American  

[an-juh-leek] / ˌæn dʒəˈlik /

noun

1. a South American tree, Dicorynia paraensis, of the legume family.

2. the hard, reddish-brown wood of this tree, used in shipbuilding.

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Angélique ² American  

[an-juh-leek, ahn-zhey-leek] / ˌæn dʒəˈlik, ɑ̃ ʒeɪˈlik /

noun

1. a first name.

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Etymology

Origin of angelique

< French: plant of Angelica genus. See angelic

Example Sentences

The forests in the interior affords good teak-wood for ship-building, and two woods, called angelique and prospect, which make beautiful chests and cabinets, which are sent all over the coasts of western India.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

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

Angelica Archangelica As a beginning, no matter what filling is to be chosen, cut crystallized angelique cross-wise into sections a quarter of an inch wide.

From Candy-Making Revolutionized Confectionery from Vegetables by Hall, Mary Elizabeth

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

Upon a clean piece of glass, or oil cloth, if glass is not easily obtainable, place a piece of angelique of a size suitable for the stem.

From Candy-Making Revolutionized Confectionery from Vegetables by Hall, Mary Elizabeth