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Heliotrope
see synonyms of heliotropeNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Heliotrope
see synonyms of heliotropenoun
1.
any boraginaceous plant of the genus Heliotropium, esp the South American H. arborescens, cultivated for its small fragrant purple flowers
2. garden heliotrope
3.
any of various plants that turn towards the sun
4.
a.
a bluish-violet to purple colour
b.
(as adjective)
a heliotrope dress
5.
an instrument used in geodetic surveying employing the sun's rays reflected by a mirror as a signal for the sighting of stations over long distances
6. another name for bloodstone
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Heliotrope
see synonyms of heliotrope noun
1. Obsolete
a sunflower or other plant whose flowers turn to face the sun
2.
any of a genus (Heliotropium) of plants of the borage family, with fragrant clusters of small, white or reddish-purple flowers
3.
garden heliotrope
4.
reddish purple
5.
a kind of heliograph (sense 2) used in surveying
6.
bloodstone
adjective
7.
reddish-purple
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Heliotrope
see synonyms of heliotropen.
1.
a. Any of several plants of the genus Heliotropium, especially H. arborescens, native to Peru and having small, highly fragrant purplish flowers. Also called turnsole.
b. The garden heliotrope.
c. Any of various plants that turn toward the sun.
2. See bloodstone.
3. A moderate, light, or brilliant violet to moderate or deep reddish purple.
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