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Definition: London pride
London
\Lon"don\, n.
The capital city of England.
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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.
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