heliotrope

suomi-englanti sanakirja

heliotrope englannista suomeksi

A plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun, such as marigolds and sunflowers.

(synonyms)

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(RQ:Evelyn Kalendarium) Star-vvort, Heliotrop, French Mary-gold, (..)
(RQ:Melville Moby-Dick)
(senseid) A plant of the genus (taxfmt), especially the heliotrope ((taxlink)) which has clusters of purple flowers with a strong fragrance.
(RQ:Disraeli Lothair)
(RQ:Joyce Finnegans Wake)
''With a qualifying word'': any of various plants resembling those of the genus (taxfmt).
The fragrance of (taxlink) flowers, or a scent resembling this fragrance.
(RQ:James Portrait) he had always smelt so much more of heliotrope than of gunpowder.
(RQ:Henry Four Million)
A light purple or violet colour like that of (taxlink) flowers.

(color panel)

(RQ:Pynchon Against the Day)
(senseid) An instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight for purposes such as signalling, or triangulation (where the reflected light is detected by another surveyor positioned some distance away).

(sense) (synonyms)

An ancient type of sundial consisting of a bowl with a perpendicular gnomon mounted in the centre.
(senseid) (synonym of)
(RQ:Dante Cary Vision)
Of a light purple or violet colour like that of (taxlink) flowers.
(RQ:Jerome Tommy)
(RQ:Grey Wildfire)