Dictionary Definition
heliotrope n : green chalcedony with red spots
that resemble blood [syn: bloodstone]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
(US) /ˈhiːliəˌtroʊp/Noun
heliotrope- A plant that turns so that it faces the sun.
- Particularly, a purple-flowered plant of the
species Heliotropium arborescens.
- 1870, Benjamin Disraeli, Lothair
- As they entered now, it seemed a blaze of roses and carnations, though one recognized in a moment the presence of the lily, the heliotrope, and the stock.
- 1870, Benjamin Disraeli, Lothair
- A light purple or violet colour.
- heliotrope colour:
- The fragrance of
heliotrope flowers.
- 1881, Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
- ... he had always smelt so much more of heliotrope than of gunpowder.
- 1881, Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
- A bloodstone (a variety of quartz).
Synonyms
rockTranslations
plant
colour
- Japanese: 薄紫 (うすむらさき, usumurasaki)
rock
- Russian: гелиотроп /g'eliotróp/
unclassified translations
- Spanish: heliotropo
Adjective
heliotrope- Light purple or
violet.
- 1904, Jerome K. Jerome, Tommy and Co.
- Lady in a heliotrope dress with a lace collar, three flounces on the skirt?
- 1917, Zane Grey, Wildfire
- And following that was a tortuous passage through a weird region of clay dunes, blue and violet and heliotrope and lavender, all worn smooth by rain and wind.
- 1904, Jerome K. Jerome, Tommy and Co.
- Keeping one’s face
turned toward the sun.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
- while still as on the night before, slouched Ahab stood fixed within his scuttle; his hid, heliotrope glance anticipatingly gone backward on its dial; sat due eastward for the earliest sun.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Derived terms
See also
Extensive Definition
Heliotrope may mean:
- Heliotropium, a plant genus
- A plant that exhibits heliotropism
- Heliotrope (color), a pink-purple shade
- Heliotrope (instrument), a land surveying instrument
- Heliotrope (mineral), also known as bloodstone
- A distinctive rash associated with Juvenile dermatomyositis
- A song by Texan post-hardcore group At the Drive-In, on the album Vaya
- Heliotrope (company), an architecture firm in Seattle, U.S.
- Heliotrop Rotating House, built by the German architect Rolf Disch.
- Raphael, from PS2 Strategy-RPG Phantom Brave, wields a longsword called Heliotrope
- Heliotrope (artist), Danish electronic artist.
heliotrope in Polish:
Heliotrop