Hypertext Webster Gateway: "London"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
London \Lon"don\, n.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
London
n 1: the capital and largest city of England; located on the
Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial
and cultural center [syn: {London}, {Greater London}, {British
capital}, {capital of the United Kingdom}]
2: United States writer of novels based on experiences in the
Klondike gold rush (1876-1916) [syn: {London}, {Jack
London}, {John Griffith Chaney}]
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