veronica Definition

any of a genus (Veronica) of annual or perennial herbs of the snapdragon family that have small pink, white, blue or purple flowers with a 4- or 5-lobed calyx, a rotate corolla, two stamens, and the fruit a compressed capsule

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

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