[ve.ron.i.ca] n [NL, genus of herbs] (1527): speedwell
[2]veronica n [ML, fr. Veronica, legendary saint of the 1st cent. a.d.] (ca. 1700): an image of Christ's face said to have been impressed on the cloth that St. Veronica gave him to wipe his face with on the way to his crucifixion; also: a cloth resembling the legendary one of St. Veronica [3]veronica n [Sp veronica, fr. St. Veronica] (1926): a pase in bullfighting in which the cape is swung slowly away from the charging bull while the matador keeps his feet in the same position