garden angelica
- noun
- /ˈɡɑrdən ˌændʒəˈlɪkə/
- Specialized
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angelica
- The stems of garden angelica are often candied for use in desserts and baking.
Examples
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Traditional medicine sometimes employs the roots of garden angelica to treat digestive disorders.
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Cultivating garden angelica requires moist soil and partial shade for best growth.
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I love using garden angelica in my herbal teas.
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The chef added garden angelica to the salad for flavor.
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The stems of garden angelica are often candied for use in desserts and baking.
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Traditional medicine sometimes employs the roots of garden angelica to treat digestive disorders.
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Cultivating garden angelica requires moist soil and partial shade for best growth.
Synonyms
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A tall plant whose stems are candied and roots are used for medicine
A tall herb whose stems people candy to eat and whose roots people use to make medicine
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound simply combines 'garden' (cultivated outdoor plot) with 'angelica' (a plant), so its meaning — the angelica that is grown/cultivated in gardens — is directly derived from the parts. This is a straightforward noun–noun compositional pattern common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the basic referent even if botanical specifics are not predictable.
Etymology
Garden angelica gets its name from old stories that an angel showed people the plant because it could help with sickness, so angelica became linked to 'healing'. People grew it in gardens for food and medicine, and because its stems were often candied and its roots used to help digestion, the name came to mean the edible, healing plant we call garden angelica today.