Associations to the word «Heliotrope»

Wiktionary

HELIOTROPE, noun. (botany) A plant that turns so that it faces the sun.
HELIOTROPE, noun. (botany) Particularly, a purple-flowered plant of the species Heliotropium arborescens.
HELIOTROPE, noun. A light purple or violet colour.
HELIOTROPE, noun. The fragrance of heliotrope flowers.
HELIOTROPE, noun. (mineral) A bloodstone (a variety of quartz).
HELIOTROPE, noun. (surveying) An instrument, employed in triangulation, that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight toward another, very distant, surveyor.
HELIOTROPE, adjective. Light purple or violet.
HELIOTROPE, adjective. Keeping one’s face turned toward the sun.
HELIOTROPE CYANOSIS, noun. (pathology) A bluish colouration of the skin that is a symptom of Spanish influenza

Dictionary definition

HELIOTROPE, noun. Green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood.

Wise words

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