bloodstone, heliotrope
(noun) green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• (Heliotropium arborescens): cherry pie, common heliotrope
• (rock): bloodstone
heliotrope (comparative more heliotrope, superlative most heliotrope)
Light purple or violet.
Keeping one’s face turned toward the sun.
Source: Wiktionary
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
30 June 2025
(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”
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