| ANGELICA | • angelica n. A tall plant, with hollow stems, genus Angelica, especially garden angelica (Angelica archangelica). • angelica n. Candied stems of the plant, used to decorate cookies. • angelica n. Species of Aralia. |
| ARMONICA | • armonica n. A musical instrument made of blown-glass bowls mounted on a spindle turned originally by a foot pedal… • ARMONICA n. a kind of musical instrument. |
| BASILICA | • basilica n. (Architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex… • basilica n. A Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status, an honorific status granted by the pope… • basilica n. (Obsolete) An apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held… |
| BOTANICA | • botanica n. A shop that deals in herbs and charms used especially by followers of santería. • BOTANICA n. (Greek) a shop that sells herbs and magic charms. |
| BRASSICA | • brassica n. Any of many plants of the genus Brassica, including cabbage, mustard and rapes. • Brassica prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – cabbages and related plants. • BRASSICA n. (Latin) a plant of the turnip and cabbage genus. |
| COLCHICA | • colchica n. (Obsolete) dogbane. • COLCHICUM n. a flowering plant. |
| HEPATICA | • hepatica n. Any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Hepatica of the buttercup family, notably the common hepatica. • hepatica n. (Medicine, obsolete) Medicines to treat the liver. • Hepatica prop.n. The liverworts, taxonomically treated either as. |
| JAPONICA | • japonica n. Any of several plants originally native to Japan. • Japonica adj. Japanese, from Japan. • Japonica n. (Dated) A species of camellia (Camellia japonica), a native flower of Japan, bearing beautiful red or white flowers. |
| LINGUICA | • linguica n. A Portuguese garlic and paprika seasoned smoke cured pork sausage. • linguiça n. Alternative form of linguica. • LINGUICA n. a spicy Portuguese sausage, also LINGUISA. |
| MAIOLICA | • maiolica n. Alternative form of majolica (“earthenware coated with opaque white tin glaze”). • MAIOLICA n. (Italian) an elaborate, highly-colored, glazed Italian pottery, also MAJOLICA. |
| MAJOLICA | • majolica n. Earthenware decorated with coloured lead silicate glazes applied directly to an unglazed body. • majolica n. Earthenware coated with opaque white tin-glaze, decorated with coloured metal oxide enamel(s). • MAJOLICA n. (Italian) an elaborate, highly-colored, glazed Italian pottery, also MAIOLICA. |
| MELODICA | • melodica n. A free-reed keyboard wind instrument. • MELODICA n. a harmonica with a small keyboard at one end. |
| OITICICA | • oiticica n. The tree Licania rigida, endemic to Brazil and Puerto Rico. • OITICICA n. (Tupi) any of several tropical South American trees, whose crushed seeds yield an oil used in paints and varnishes. |
| SCIATICA | • sciatica n. (Pathology, neurology) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, characterised by pain radiating down through… • SCIATICA n. neuritis of the sciatic nerve. |
| SWASTICA | • swastica n. Alternative form of swastika. • SWASTICA n. (Sanskrit) a Greek cross with arms bent at a right angle, also SVASTIKA, SWASTIKA. |
| VERONICA | • veronica n. (Roman Catholicism) The image of Jesus’s face believed to have been made on the cloth with which St… • veronica n. (Bullfighting) A circular swinging movement of the cape, used to avoid the bull. • veronica n. (Botany) A flower of the genus Veronica, usually having blue petals. |