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Word: heliotrope (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Keeping one?s face turned toward the sun.
  • Light purple or violet.

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Noun:

  • A light purple or violet colour.
  • botany A plant that turns so that it faces the sun.
  • botany Particularly, a purple-flowered plant of the species ''Heliotropium arborescens''.
  • mineralogy A bloodstone (a variety of quartz).
  • The fragrance of heliotrope flowers.

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