HELIOTROPE

bloodstone, heliotrope

(noun) green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

heliotrope (countable and uncountable, plural heliotropes)

(botany) A plant that turns so that it faces the sun.

(botany) Particularly, a purple-flowered plant of the species Heliotropium arborescens.

A light purple or violet colour.

The fragrance of heliotrope flowers.

(mineral) A bloodstone (a variety of quartz).

(surveying) An instrument, employed in triangulation, that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight toward another, very distant, surveyor.

Synonyms

• (Heliotropium arborescens): cherry pie, common heliotrope

• (rock): bloodstone

Adjective

heliotrope (comparative more heliotrope, superlative most heliotrope)

Light purple or violet.

Keeping one’s face turned toward the sun.

Source: Wiktionary

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He"li*o*trope, n. Etym: [F. héliotrope, L. heliotropium, Gr. Heliacal, Trope.]

1. (Anc. Astron.)

Definition: An instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: A plant of the genus Heliotropium; -- called also turnsole and girasole. H. Peruvianum is the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers.

3. (Geodesy & Signal Service)

Definition: An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a mirror.

4. (Min.)

Definition: See Bloodstone (a). Heliotrope purple, a grayish purple color.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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