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heliotrope

10 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. heliotrope (noun)
  2. heliotrope gray (noun)
  3. common heliotrope (noun)
  4. false heliotrope (noun)
  5. garden heliotrope (noun)
  6. seashore heliotrope (noun)
  7. seaside heliotrope (noun)
  8. summer heliotrope (noun)
  9. wild heliotrope (noun)
  10. winter heliotrope (noun)

he·lio·trope

noun
\ˈhē-lē-ə-ˌtrōp, ˈhēl-yə-, British also ˈhel-yə-\

Definition of HELIOTROPE

1
: any of a genus (Heliotropium) of herbs or shrubs of the borage family — compare garden heliotrope
2
: bloodstone
3
: a variable color averaging a moderate to reddish purple
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Origin of HELIOTROPE

Latin heliotropium, from Greek hēliotropion, from hēlio- 1heli- + tropos turn; from its flowers' turning toward the sun — more at trope
First Known Use: 1605

Rhymes with HELIOTROPE

Cape of Good Hope, colonoscope, electroscope, hagioscope, hope against hope, kaleidoscope, oscilloscope, pay envelope, stereoscope

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