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Definition: Turnsole
Turnsole
\Turn"sole`\, n. [F. tournesol, It. tornasole; tornare
to turn (LL. tornare) + sole the sun, L. sol. See
Turn,
Solar, a., and cf.
Heliotrope.] [Written also
turnsol.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus
Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so
named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward
the sun.
(b) The sunflower.
(c) A kind of spurge (
Euphorbia Helioscopia).
(d) The euphorbiaceous plant
Chrozophora tinctoria.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Chem.)
(a) Litmus. [Obs.]
(b) A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See
def. 1
(d) .
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