- Victoria
- Victoria Vic*to"ri*a, n. [NL.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen
Victoria. The {Victoria regia} is a native of Guiana and
Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five
feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches
high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a
diameter of nearly two feet.
[1913 Webster]
2. A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a high seat in front. [1913 Webster]
3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; -- called also {Clio}. [1913 Webster]
4. One of an American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a slightly dished face and very erect ears. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Victoria cross}, a bronze Maltese cross, awarded for valor to members of the British army or navy. It was first bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The recipients also have a pension of [pounds]10 a year.
{Victoria green}. (Chem.) See {Emerald green}, under {Green}.
{Victoria lily} (Bot.), the {Victoria regia}. See def. 1, above. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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victoria — [ viktɔrja ] n. f. • 1846; du nom de la reine Victoria, à qui le botaniste Lindley dédia la plante I ♦ (1846) Bot. Plante aquatique exotique (nymphéacées), à fleurs rouges et blanches, et dont les immenses feuilles rondes flottent sur l eau. II ♦ … Encyclopédie Universelle
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Victoria — Victoria, AR U.S. town in Arkansas Population (2000): 59 Housing Units (2000): 30 Land area (2000): 0.307701 sq. miles (0.796942 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.307701 sq. miles (0.796942 sq.… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
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