Found 2 items, similar to Heliotrope.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: heliotrope
heliotrope
n : green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood [syn:
bloodstone]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Heliotrope
Heliotrope
\He"li*o*trope\, n. [F. h['e]liotrope, L.
heliotropium, Gr. ?; ? the sun + ? to turn, ? turn. See
Heliacal,
Trope.]
1. (Anc. Astron.) An instrument or machine for showing when
the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line.
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2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus
Heliotropium; -- called also
turnsole and
girasole.
Heliotropium Peruvianum is
the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers.
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3. (Geodesy & Signal Service) An instrument for making
signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the
sun's rays thrown from a mirror.
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4. (Min.) See
Bloodstone
(a) .
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Heliotrope purple, a grayish purple color.
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