veronica

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veronica - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Veronica \Ve*ron"i*ca\, n. [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.
     Beroni`kh, fr. Macedonian Bereni`kh, for Gr. Fereni`kh,
     literally, carrying off victory, victorious.]
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.) A genus of scrophulariaceous plants; the speedwell.
        See Speedwell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
           [1913 Webster]

veronica - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  veronica
      n 1: any plant of the genus Veronica [syn: veronica,
           speedwell]

veronica - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Veronica
  
     <information science> Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-wide Index
     to Computerized Archives.  Veronica offers a keyword search of
     most gopher menu titles in the entire gopher web.  As
     archie is to FTP archives, Veronica is to Gopherspace.
     A Veronica search produces a menu of Gopher items, each of
     which is a direct pointer to a Gopher data source.  Because
     Veronica is accessed through a Gopher Client, it is easy to
     use, and gives access to all types of data supported by the
     Gopher protocol.
  
     To try Veronica, select it from the "Other Gophers" menu on
     Minnesota's gopher server, or point your gopher at:
  
      Name=veronica (search menu items in most of GopherSpace)
      Type=1
      Port=70
      Path=1/veronica
      Host=gopher.scs.unr.edu
  
     (gopher://gopher.scs.unr.edu/1/veronica).
  

veronica - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  VERONICA
         Very Easy Rodent-Orientated Netwide Index of Computerized
  Archives (Internet)