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Word: veronica (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A devotional image of Jesus's face.
  • botany A flower of the genus ''Veronica'', usually having blue petals.
  • bullfighting A circular swinging movement of the cape, used to avoid the bull.
  • 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.

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Proper noun:

  • female|from=Ancient Greek.

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