Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Clio"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
3. (Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; --
called also {Clio}.
{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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clio \Cli"o\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? the proclaimer, fr. ? to call,
tell of, make famous.] (Class. Myth.)
The Muse who presided over history.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clione \Cli*o"ne\, n.
A genus of naked pteropods. One species ({Clione
papilonacea}), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a
part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes
incorrectly called {Clio}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Clio
n : (Greek mythology) the Muse of history [syn: {Clio}]
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