Category:Veronica

Ve*ron"i*ca, n. Etym: [ll.; -- so called from Veronica, a woman who, 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 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.)

Defn: 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.

3. Verónica (bullfighting), a technique in Spanish-style bullfighting