Heliotrope

  • 11Héliotrope — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Héliotrope (homonymie). Heliotropium …

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  • 12heliotrope — 1. noun /ˈhiːliəˌtroʊp/ a) A plant that turns so that it faces the sun. As they entered now, it seemed a blaze of roses and carnations, though one recognized in a moment the presence of the lily, the heliotrope, and the stock. b) Particularly, a… …

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  • 13heliotrope — UK [ˈhiːlɪəˌtrəʊp] / US [ˈhɪlɪəˌtroʊp] noun [countable] Word forms heliotrope : singular heliotrope plural heliotropes a small garden plant with purple flowers that smell sweet …

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  • 14heliotrope —   Heliokalope, hiliokalupa.    ♦ Seaside heliotrope, kīpūkai (nena).    ♦ Native heliotrope, hinahina …

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  • 15heliotrope — kvapnusis heliotropas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Agurklinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Heliotropium arborescens), paplitęs Peru. Iš jo gaunamas eterinis aliejus. atitikmenys: lot. Heliotropium arborescens angl. cherry pie; common… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 16heliotrope — Bloodstone Blood stone , n. (Min.) (a) A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; called also {heliotrope}. (b) Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or streak. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 17heliotrope — noun Etymology: Latin heliotropium, from Greek hēliotropion, from hēlio 1heli + tropos turn; from its flowers turning toward the sun more at trope Date: 1605 1. any of a genus (Heliotropium) of herbs or shrubs of the borage family compare garden… …

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  • 18HÉLIOTROPE — n. m. T. de Botanique Plante de la famille des Borraginées, à espèces très nombreuses. L’héliotrope du Pérou est très recherché à cause de l’odeur suave de ses fleurs. Il se dit aussi de Quelques plantes dont la fleur suit le cours du soleil,… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 19heliotrope — [17] The heliotrope, a plant of the forget me not family, gets its name because its hell 268 flowers always turn to face the sun (the word comes via Latin hēliotropium from Greek hēliotrópion, a compound formed from hélios ‘sun’ and tropos… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 20heliotrope — he•li•o•trope [[t]ˈhi li əˌtroʊp, ˈhil yə [/t]] esp. brit. [[t]ˈhɛl yə [/t]] n. 1) pln any of numerous hairy plants of the genus Heliotropium, of the borage family, esp. H. arborescens, cultivated for its small, fragrant purple flowers 2) pln any …

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