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ANGELICA, a genus of plants of the natural order Umbelliferae, represented in Britain by one species, A. sylvestris, a tall perennial herb with large bipinnate leaves and large compound umbels of white or purple flowers. The name Angelica is popularly given to a plant of an allied genus, Archangelica officinalis, the tender shoots of which are used in making certain kinds of aromatic sweetmeats.
E. These are supposed to be stomachic and carminative; but this, and indeed all the other effects ascribed to them, as depending upon their stimulant and aromatic qualities, must be less considerable than those of Dill, Aniseed, or Caraway, though termed one of the four greater hot seeds. Woodville's Med. Bot. p. 129. ANGELICA Archangelica. GARDEN ANGELICA. The Root, Leaves, and Seeds.
It is of a dark brown colour and contains angelica oil, angelica wax and angelicin, C H O. The essential oil of the roots of Angelica archangelica contains ß-terebangelene, C H , and other terpenes; the oil of the seeds also contains ß-terebangelene, together with methylethylacetic acid and hydroxymyristic acid.
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