English-Thai Dictionary

heliotrope

N ดอกไม้ ที่ หัน เข้าหา แสงอาทิตย์  dok-mai-ti-han-kao-ha-saeng-ar-thid

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HELIOTROPE

n.[Gr. the sun, and to turn. ] 1. Among the ancients, an instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and the equinoctial line.
2. A genus or plants, the turnsole.
3. A mineral, a subspecies of rhomboidal quartz, of a deep green color, peculiarly pleasant to the eye. It is usually variegated with blood red or yellowish dots, and is more or less translucent. Before the blowpipe, it loses its color. It is generally supposed to be chalcedony, colored by green earth or chlorite.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HELIOTROPE

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

 

1. (Anc. Astron.)

 

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

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: 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 )

 

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

 

4. (Min. )

 

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

 

HELIOTROPER

HELIOTROPER He "li *o *tro `per, n.

 

Defn: The person at a geodetic station who has charge of the heliotrope.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

heliotrope

he li o trope |ˈhēlēəˌtrōp ˈhiliəˌtroʊp | ▶noun a plant of the borage family, cultivated for its fragrant purple or blue flowers, which are used in perfume. [Genus Heliotropium, family Boraginaceae. ] • a light purple color, similar to that typical of heliotrope flowers. ORIGIN Old English eliotropus (originally applied to various plants whose flowers turn toward the sun ), via Latin from Greek hēliotropion ‘plant turning its flowers to the sun, ’ from hēlios ‘sun ’ + trepein ‘to turn. ’ The spelling was influenced by French héliotrope.

 

Oxford Dictionary

heliotrope

heliotrope |ˈhiːlɪətrəʊp, ˈhɛl -| ▶noun a plant of the borage family, cultivated for its fragrant purple or blue flowers which are used in perfume. ●Genus Heliotropium, family Boraginaceae. • [ mass noun ] a light purple colour, similar to that of heliotrope flowers. ORIGIN Old English eliotropus (originally applied to various plants whose flowers turn towards the sun ), via Latin from Greek hēliotropion ‘plant turning its flowers to the sun ’, from hēlios ‘sun ’ + trepein ‘to turn ’. The spelling was influenced by French héliotrope.

 

French Dictionary

héliotrope

héliotrope n. m. nom masculin Plante dont la fleur se tourne vers le soleil, comme le tournesol. Note Technique Attention au genre masculin de ce nom: un héliotrope.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

heliotrope

he li o trope /híːliətròʊp , ｟英 ｠héliətrə̀ʊp /名詞 1 C 〘植 〙ヘリオトロープ, キダチルリソウ 〘香料に用いられる 〙.2 U (ヘリオトロープの )淡紫色 ; 芳香 .