[Latin genus name, perhaps named after St Veronica (see veronica2)]
veronica2noun
a copy in cloth or metal, e.g. a small badge, of the legendary cloth of St Veronica which was said to be imprinted with an image of Christ's face
a cloth believed to be the cloth of St Veronica
[named after St Veronica, a woman of Jerusalem who, according to tradition, wiped Christ's face with a cloth when he was on his way to Calvary; when she did so, the cloth was imprinted with the image of his face]
veronica3noun
a movement in bullfighting in which the cape is swung slowly away from the charging bull while the matador's feet are kept in the same position
[Spanish verónica, named after St Veronica (see veronica2); from the supposed resemblance between the movement of the matador and the movement made by St Veronica in wiping Christ's face]