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Victoria regia
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.

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- Queen Victoria, and the species Victoria regia. The spelling in Schomburgk's description in Athenaeum, published the month before, was given as Victoria Regina...
- Schomburgk. Lindley named the genus after the new Queen, Victoria, and the species Victoria regia. An earlier account of the species, Euryale amazonica Poeppig...
- next great building at Chatsworth was built for the first seeds of the Victoria regia lily which had been sent to Kew from the Amazon in 1836. Although they...
- Ellison 2697 The Three BearsBedtime Story Edna Bailey 2698 2699 Victoria RegiaConcert Waltz Weyert A. Moor, flute 2700 My Little Girl Sam M. Lewis...
- Victoria cruziana f. trickeri F.Henkel ex Malme, Victoria cruziana var. trickeri F.Henkel et al., Victoria regia var (A.D.Orb.) C.Lawson, Victoria trickeri...
- conserve coal. The Victoria regia House or Lily House, built by Paxton in 1849–1850, was devoted to the giant Amazon water lily Victoria amazonica, which...
- illustrations for Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Plate 2, Victoria amazonica, of Victoria Regia, 1851 Eucalyptus macrocarpa Lewis, Jan. "Fitch, Walter Hood...
- destination site as it has several species of birds, animals and flora. The Victoria Regia Water Lily can be seen there blossoming with its more than one metre...
- flag.[citation needed] The national flower of Guyana is the Victoria regia lily (Victoria amazonica).[citation needed] The national flower of Peru is...
- (near the border between Colombia and Brazil), Los Micos River Island, Victoria Regia lotus garden, Leticia City Hall (Alcaldía de Leticia) Flag Seal Location...