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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Vie-tō'ri-a, n.

noun

n. 1. (Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen Victoria. The V. regia is a native of Guiana and Brazil; its large, spreading leaves are from three to five feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches high; and its immense rose-white flowers, sometimes attain a diameter of twenty-three inches.

  1. A kind of four-wheeled carriage, designed for two persons, with a driver's seat.
  2. (Astron.) An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Hind in 1850;—called also Clio.
A botanical illustration of the Victoria regia water lily, showing its large leaves and flower.
Victoria regia.
An illustration of a Victorian-era bicycle with a large rear wheel and a smaller front wheel.
Victoria.