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Heliotrope

Meaning

Noun

In Botany, Borage family plants, Flowers & Purples:
  • A
    with
    which
    and
    , such as (archaic)
    and
    flowers.
  • A
    of the
    Heliotropium, especially the
    (Heliotropium arborescens) which has
    of
    with a strong fragrance.
  • In Botany, Borage family plants & Flowers:
  • A
    with
    which
    and
    , such as (archaic)
    and
    flowers.
  • With a
    : any of various
    those of the
    Heliotropium.
  • In Flowers & Purples:
    The
    of Heliotropium arborescens
    , or a
    this
    .
    In Colors, Flowers & Purples:
    A
    or
    of Heliotropium arborescens flowers.
    In Surveying & Purples:
    An
    that
    a
    to
    for
    such as
    , or (surveying)
    (where the
    is
    by another
    some
    away).
    In Borage family plants:
    An
    type of
    a
    with a
    in the centre.
    In Minerals & Gems:
    Synonym of
    (“a
    that is
    with
    or
    of hematite”)

    Adj

    In Flowers & Purples:
    Of a
    or
    of Heliotropium arborescens flowers.
    Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    heliotrope
    English
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    ἡλιοτρόπιον
    Ancient Greek (to 1453)
    Sourced from
    Etym
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