VERONICA

veronica, speedwell

(noun) any plant of the genus Veronica

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

veronica (plural veronicas)

(Roman Catholicism) The image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which St Veronica wiped his face as he went to be crucified; or the cloth used for this.

(bullfighting) A circular swinging movement of the cape, used to avoid the bull.

(botany) A flower of the genus Veronica, usually having blue petals.

Verb

veronica (third-person singular simple present veronicas, present participle veronicaing, simple past and past participle veronicaed)

To draw a muleta over and away from a bull's face in bullfighting.

Anagrams

• varicone

Etymology

Proper noun

Veronica

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Anagrams

• varicone

Source: Wiktionary

Ve*ron"i*ca, n. Etym: [LL.; -- so called from Veronica, a woman who, according to an old legend, as Christ was carrying the cross, wiped his face with a cloth, which received an impression of his countenance; Veronica is fr. MGr.

1. A portrait or representation of the face of our Savior on the alleged handkerchief of Saint Veronica, preserved at Rome; hence, a representation of this portrait, or any similar representation of the face of the Savior. Formerly called also Vernacle, and Vernicle.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: A genus scrophulariaceous plants; the speedwell. See Speedwell.

Note: Several herbaceous species are common in both Europe and America, most of which have small blue flowers. A few shrubby species from New Zealand are sometimes found in cultivation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition