BEL'VIDERE, noun [Latin bellus, fine and video, to see.]
1. A plant, a species of chenopodium, goosefoot or wild orach, called scoparia or annual mock cypress. It is of a beautiful pyramidical form, and much esteemed in China, as a salad, and for other uses.
2. In Italian architecture, a pavilion on the top of an edifice; an artificial eminence in a garden.