資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.