[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

veronica \veron"ica\, 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
see also:
vernacle vernicle speedwell 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

veronica
     n : any plant of the genus veronica syn: speedwell
see also:
speedwell 

[3] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

veronica
     very easy rodent-orientated netwide index of computerized archives
     internet
     
     

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

veronica
     
         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.
     
     
see also:
gopher archie ftp gopherspace protocol lt;gopher://gopher.scs.unr.edu/1/veronicagt; 

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