Heliotrope Synonyms & Definitions

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• HeliotropeDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A plant of the genus Heliotropium; -- called also turnsole and girasole. H. Peruvianum is the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers.
2. (n.) See Bloodstone (a).
3. (n.) An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the suns rays thrown from a mirror.
4. (n.) An instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line.

• HeliotroperDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) The person at a geodetic station who has charge of the heliotrope.