heliotrope
- Noun. (botany) A plant that turns so that it faces the sun.
- Noun. (botany) Particularly, a purple-flowered plant of the species ''Heliotropium arborescens''.
- Noun. A light purple or violet colour.
- Noun. The fragrance of heliotrope flowers.
- Noun. (mineralogy) A bloodstone (a variety of quartz).
- Noun. (surveying) An instrument, employed in triangulation, that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight toward another, very distant, surveyor.
- Adjective. Light purple or violet.
- Adjective. Keeping one’s face turned toward the sun.
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