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]

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.

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