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Webster 1913 Edition
London
Lon′don
,Noun.
The capital city of England.
London paste
(Med.)
, a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; – used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements.
– London pride
. (Bot.)
(a)
A garden name for
Saxifraga umbrosa
, a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great Britain. (b)
A name anciently given to the Sweet William.
Dr. Prior.
– London rocket
(Bot.)
, a cruciferous plant (
Sisymbrium Irio
) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667.