| veronica | 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. <botany> A genus scrophulariaceous plants; the speedwell. See Speedwell. 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. Origin: 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, fr. Macedonian, for Gr, literally, carrying off victory, victorious. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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Synonyms :
| veronica | any plant of the genus Veronica |
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| veronica | European plant with minute axillary blue flowers on long stalks |
| veronica | plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers |
| veronica | plant of wet places in Eurasia and America |
| veronica | erect or procumbent blue-flowered annual found in waste places of Europe and America |
| veronica | European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers often pink-flushed |
| veronica | Old World plant with axillary racemes of blue-and-white flowers |
| veronica | plant of wet places in Eurasia and America |
| veronica | common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes |
| veronica | North American annual with small white flowers widely naturalized as a weed in South America and Europe |
| veronica | perennial decumbent herb having small opposite leaves and racemes of blue flowers |
| veronica | a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers |
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