Any of various plants of the genus Veronica, which includes the speedwells.
[New Latin Veronica, genus name.]
ve·ron·i·ca2 (və-rŏn'ĭ-kə)
n.
- According to popular legend, an image of the face of Jesus as impressed on the handkerchief offered to him by Saint Veronica on the road to Calvary.
- The handkerchief itself.
- A cloth bearing a representation of Jesus's face.
[Medieval Latin, perhaps alteration of vēra īconica, true image : Latin vēra, feminine of vērus, true; see very + Latin īconica, feminine of īconicus, of an image (from Greek eikonikos , from eikōn, image; see icon).]
ve·ron·i·ca3 (və-rŏn'ĭ-kə)
n.
A maneuver in bullfighting in which the matador stands with both feet fixed in position and swings the cape slowly away from the charging bull.
[Spanish, from veronica, the veronica (from the gesture Saint Veronica made), from Medieval Latin. See veronica2.]
