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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 6 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANGELICA , a genus of See also:

plants of the natural See also:order See also:Umbelliferae, represented in See also:Britain by one See also:species, A. sylvestris, a tall perennial See also:herb with large bipinnate leaves and large See also:compound umbels of See also:white or See also:purple See also:flowers. The name Angelica is popularly given to a plant of an allied genus, Archangelica officinalis, the See also:tender shoots of which are used in making certain kinds of aromatic sweetmeats. Angelica See also:balsam is obtained by extracting the roots with See also:alcohol, evaporating and extracting the See also:residue with See also:ether. It is of a dark See also:brown See also:colour and contains angelica oil, angelica See also:wax and angelicin, C16H3°O. The essential oil of the roots of Angelica archangelica contains /3-terebangelene, C,0H,6, and other See also:terpenes; the oil of the seeds also contains 0-terebangelene, together with methylethylacetic See also:acid and hydroxymyristic acid. The angelica See also:tree is a member of the order Avaliaceae, a species of Aralia (A. spinosa), a native of See also:North See also:America; it grows 8 to 12 ft. high, has a See also:simple prickle-bearing See also:stem forming an See also:umbrella-like See also:head, and much divided leaves.

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