heliotrope
/ˈhiːli.əˌtɹoʊp/ · noun
Meaning
- A plant that turns so that it faces the sun.
- A light purple or violet colour.
- The fragrance of heliotrope flowers.
- A bloodstone (a variety of quartz).
- An instrument, employed in triangulation, that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight toward another, very distant, surveyor.
- Light purple or violet.
- Keeping one’s face turned toward the sun.
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