Veronica

  1. Proper noun.  (given name, female) .
  2. Noun.  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.
  3. Noun.  (context, bullfighting) A circular swinging movement of the cape, used to avoid the bull.
  4. Noun.  (botany) A flower of the genus ''Veronica'', usually having blue petals.

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