Bot. Also 7 angelin. [f. ANGEL: see -INA.] A genus of Leguminosæ, native chiefly to tropical America, comprising trees of moderate height, with showy purple flowers.
1663. H. Cogan, trans. Pinto’s Trav., xlviii. 188. A world of Angelin-wood, Chestnuts, Trees, Oak, and Cedar, wherewith thousands of Ships may be made.
1783. Howard, Encycl., Angelina, in botany, a tree growing in the rocky and sandy places in Malabar, in the East Indies.
1879. Syd. Soc. Lex., Angelina, the Andira inermis.
