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heliotrope en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhiː.li.ə.tɹəʊp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈhɛ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈhi.li.əˌtɹoʊp/ (General-American)
  • /-lɪ.əʊ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

PIE word *sóh₂wl̥ The noun is borrowed from French héliotrope, from Latin hēliotropium (“plant which turns to face the sun; bloodstone”), from Ancient Greek ἡλῐοτρόπῐον (hēlĭotrópĭon, “European heliotrope (Heliotropium europaeum); bloodstone; solar clock, sundial”), from ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos, “the sun”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“the sun”)) + τρόπος (trópos, “a turn”) (from τρέπω (trépō, “to rotate; to turn”) (from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to turn”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming nouns from verbs)) + -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix forming nouns). By surface analysis, helio- + -trope. The French-derived spelling displaced Middle English elitrope, eliotropius, elitropium (“plant which turns to face the sun; bloodstone”) [and other forms], from Old English eliotropus, from Latin hēliotropium (see above); and Old English siġelhweorfa, sōlsece, and sunnfolgend (“heliotrope flower”). Noun sense 6 (“synonym of bloodstone”) is from the fact that a piece of the mineral placed in water is said to change the sun’s rays to a blood-red colour: see the 1601 quotation. The adjective is probably derived from the noun.

Meanings

  1. Of a light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers.
    • There was a ten-mile stretch of level ground, blown hard as rock, from which the sustenance had been bleached, for not a spear of grass grew there. 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. 1917 January, Zane Grey, chapter VI, in Wildfire, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 78:
    • "Lady in a heliotrope dress with a lace collar, three flounces on the skirt?" / "That's right, Mr. Bennett," agreed old Goslin. / "It's the Babe himself!" asserted Harry Bennett. 1904, Jerome K[lapka] Jerome, “Story the Sixth: ‘The Babe’ Applies for Shares”, in Tommy and Co., 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: Langton and Hall, →OCLC, page 232:

Forms

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more heliotrope Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most heliotrope Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

heliotrope cyanosis

Translations (2)

fi heliotroopin värinen (of a light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers) · pl jasnofioletowy (of a light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers)

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heliotrope en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhiː.li.ə.tɹəʊp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈhɛ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈhi.li.əˌtɹoʊp/ (General-American)
  • /-lɪ.əʊ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

PIE word *sóh₂wl̥ The noun is borrowed from French héliotrope, from Latin hēliotropium (“plant which turns to face the sun; bloodstone”), from Ancient Greek ἡλῐοτρόπῐον (hēlĭotrópĭon, “European heliotrope (Heliotropium europaeum); bloodstone; solar clock, sundial”), from ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos, “the sun”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“the sun”)) + τρόπος (trópos, “a turn”) (from τρέπω (trépō, “to rotate; to turn”) (from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to turn”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming nouns from verbs)) + -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix forming nouns). By surface analysis, helio- + -trope. The French-derived spelling displaced Middle English elitrope, eliotropius, elitropium (“plant which turns to face the sun; bloodstone”) [and other forms], from Old English eliotropus, from Latin hēliotropium (see above); and Old English siġelhweorfa, sōlsece, and sunnfolgend (“heliotrope flower”). Noun sense 6 (“synonym of bloodstone”) is from the fact that a piece of the mineral placed in water is said to change the sun’s rays to a blood-red colour: see the 1601 quotation. The adjective is probably derived from the noun.

Meanings

  1. (also, countable, figuratively) A plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun, such as (archaic) marigolds and sunflowers.
    • AGRYPNIA, or Vigilance, […] her chaplet of Heliotropium, or turneſole; in her one hand a lampe, or creſſet, in her other a bell. The lampe ſignified ſearch and ſight, the bell vvarning. The Heliotropium care; and reſpecting her obiect. [1604 March 25 (first performance; Gregorian calendar; published 1604), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Part of the Kings Entertainment in Passing to His Coronation [The Coronation Triumph]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, pages 846–847:
    • Flovvers in Prime, or yet laſting. […] Star-vvort, Heliotrop, French Mary-gold, […] 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], “Kalendarium Hortense: Or, The Gard’ners Almanac; […] [August.]”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC, page 73:
    • In the Opale, there be obſerved alſo divers blemiſhes and imperfections as vvell as in other ſtones; namely, if the colour reſemble the floure of that hearbe vvhich is called Heliotropium, id eſt, Turneſole:[…] [1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXXVII.] Of the Pretious Stone Opalus, and All the Sundrie Kinds. The Faults in Them and the Means to Trie which be Good. Also Divers Sorts of Other Gems and Pretious Stones.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 2nd tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 614:
    • Lac[o]. Theſe forked tricks, I vnderſtand 'hem not. / VVould he vvould tell vs vvhome he loues, or hates, / That vve might follovv, vvithout feare, or doubt. / Arr[untius]. Good Heliotrope! Is this your honeſt man? / Let him be yours ſo ſtill. He is my knaue. 1603 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Seianus His Fall, London: […] G[eorge] Elld, for Thomas Thorpe, published 1605, →OCLC, Act IV, signature [I4], verso:
    • [S]till 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 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Chase—Second Day”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 621:
    • Cordials. […] Flovvers of Heliotrope, […] a. 1627 (date written), Francis Bacon, “[Baconiana Medica. […].] A Catalogue of Astringents, Openers, and Cordials, Instrumental to Health. […]”, in [Thomas Tenison], editor, Baconiana. Or Certain Genuine Remains of Sr. Francis Bacon, […], London: […] J. D. for Richard Chiswell, […], published 1679, →OCLC, page 166:
  2. (also, countable, figuratively, specifically, uncountable) A plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun, such as (archaic) marigolds and sunflowers. ▸ A plant of the genus Heliotropium, especially a common heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescens), which has clusters of purple flowers with a strong fragrance.
    • Here's newyearspray, the posquiflor, a windaborne and heliotrope; there miriamsweet and amaranth and marygold to crown. 1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC, part III, page 561:
    • As they entered now, it seemed a blaze of roses and carnations, though one recognised in a moment the presence of the lily, the heliotrope, and the stock. 1870, B[enjamin] Disraeli, chapter XXIX, in Lothair. […], volume III, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 326:
  3. (also, countable, figuratively, uncountable) A plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun, such as (archaic) marigolds and sunflowers. ▸ With a qualifying word: any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium.
  4. (uncountable) The fragrance of Heliotropium arborescens flowers, or a scent resembling this fragrance.
    • Ransacking the drawers of the dresser he came upon a discarded, tiny, ragged handkerchief. He pressed it to his face. It was racy and insolent with heliotrope; he hurled it to the floor. 1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Furnished Room”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC, page 246:
    • He had lost his affable smile, and wore a look of almost military resolution; […] he had always smelt so much more of heliotrope than of gunpowder. 1881, Henry James, Jr., chapter XLIII, in The Portrait of a Lady, New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC, page 381:
  5. (uncountable) A light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers.
    • Kit woke to see looming over him the face of Dr. Willi Dingkopf, framed by a haircut in violation of more than one law of physics, and a vivid necktie in fuchsia, heliotrope, and duck green, a gift from one of the patients, […] 2006, Thomas Pynchon, “Bilocations”, in Against the Day, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 623:
  6. (countable) An instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight for purposes such as signalling, or (surveying) triangulation (where the reflected light is detected by another surveyor positioned some distance away).
  7. (countable, historical) An ancient type of sundial consisting of a bowl with a perpendicular gnomon mounted in the centre.
  8. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of bloodstone (“a green chalcedony that is sprinkled with red spots or veins of hematite”).
    • Amid this dread exuberance of woe / Ran naked spirits wing'd with horrid fear, / Nor hope had they of crevice where to hide, / Or heliotrope to charm them out of view. 1814, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXIV”, in H[enry] F[rancis] Cary, transl., The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri. […], volume I (Hell), London: […] [J. Barfield] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 104, lines 89–92:
    • The pretious ſtone Heliotropium, is found in Æthiopia, Affricke, and Cyprus: the ground thereof is a deepe greene in manner of a leeke, but the ſame is garniſhed vvith veins of bloud: the reaſon of the name Heliotropium is this, For that if it be throvvne into a paile of vvater, it chaungeth the raies of the Sun by vvay of reverberation into a bloudie colour, eſpecially that vvhich commeth out of Æthiopia: the ſame beeing vvithout the vvater, doth repreſent the bodie of the Sun, like unto a mirroir:[…] [1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXXVII.] Of Certaine Gems Digested in Order According to the Alphabet.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 2nd tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 627:

Forms

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heliotropes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

common heliotrope · Indian heliotrope · heliotropin · helio · garden heliotrope · European heliotrope · blue heliotrope · summer heliotrope · clasping heliotrope · winter heliotrope · heliotroper · heliotropian · false heliotrope

Hyponyms

hinahina

Relateds

heliotropism · heliotropic · heliotropy · sunward · heliotropian

Synonyms

cherry pie · turnsole · garden heliotrope · bloodstone · sematrope · turnsole · heliotropian · helio · heliotropian · heliotropian · turnsole

Translations (106)

pt heliotrópio (plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun) · fi tuoksuheliotrooppi (Heliotropium arborescens) · da heliotrop (Heliotropium arborescens) · nl heliotroop (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · io heliotropo (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · lt heliotropas (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · bg светловиолетов (light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers) · da heliotrop (synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone) · pl kolor jasnofioletowy (light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers) · el ηλιοτρόπιο (plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun) · pt heliotrópio (Heliotropium arborescens) · yue 天芥菜 (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · fi heliotrooppi (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · bg подсу́нка (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · sh су̀нчац (Heliotropium arborescens) · pl tomiłek (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · mk светловиоле́тов (light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers) · pt púrpura-rosado (light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers) · cy heuldro (Heliotropium arborescens) · ja ヘリオトロープ (Heliotropium arborescens) · pl heliotrop (instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight for purposes such as signalling or triangulation) · ka ჰელიოტროპი (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · fa روزگردک (Heliotropium arborescens) · pt heliotrópio (synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone) · cmn 天芥菜 (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · fi heliotrooppi (plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun) · fa آفتابپرست (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · de Vanilleblume (Heliotropium arborescens) · fi heliotroopin tuoksu (fragrance of Heliotropium arborescens flowers; scent resembling this fragrance) · ro heliotrop (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · it eliotropio (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · de Sonnenwende (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · la solago (Heliotropium arborescens) · ga plúr na gréine (plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun) · ja ヘリオトロープ (synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone) · ru гелиотро́п (synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone) · et harilik heliotroop (Heliotropium arborescens) · ru гелиотро́п (Heliotropium arborescens) · el ηλιοτρόπιο (Heliotropium arborescens) · de Heliotrop (Heliotropium arborescens) · ar غُبَيْرَاء (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · es heliotropo (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · grc ἡλιοτρόπιον (plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun) · hy արևադարձ (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · cy heliotrop (Heliotropium arborescens) · sh sùnčac (Heliotropium arborescens) · el ηλιοτρόπιο (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · vi vòi voi vani (Heliotropium arborescens) · la hēliotropium (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · de Blauviolett (light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers) · fr héliotrope (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · ja ヘリオトロープ (instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight for purposes such as signalling or triangulation) · pl heliotrop (synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone) · ro heliotrop (synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone) · eo heliotropo (synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone) · ru гелиотро́п (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · sv heliotrop (Heliotropium arborescens) · ja ヘリオトロープ (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · mk хелиотро́п (synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone) · hsb wobrotnička (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · fi heliotrooppi (synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone) · la hēliotropium (synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone) · grc ἡλῐοτρόπῐον (synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone) · ja ヘリオトロープ (light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers) · eo heliotropo (Heliotropium arborescens) · sh bradavka (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · eo heliotropo (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · fi heliotrooppi (fragrance of Heliotropium arborescens flowers; scent resembling this fragrance) · lv heliotrops (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · fi sinivioletti (light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers) · it eliotropo (light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers) · ga plúr na gréine (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · ky гелиотроп (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · he עֹקֶץ־עַקְרָב (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · ka ჰელიოტროპი (Heliotropium arborescens) · pt heliotropo (Heliotropium arborescens) · it eliotropio (synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone) · pl heliotrop (plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun) · pl heliotrop (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · pl zapach heliotropu (fragrance of Heliotropium arborescens flowers; scent resembling this fragrance) · sq dielldridhës (plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun) · sv heliotrop (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · pl tomiłek peruwiański (Heliotropium arborescens) · fr héliotrope (synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone) · uk геліотро́п (synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone) · ca heliotropi (plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun) · grc ἡλῐοτρόπῐον (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · la hēliotropium (plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun) · ko 해꽃 (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · da heliotrop (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · ru солнцеворо́т (Heliotropium arborescens) · fi heliotrooppi (instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight for purposes such as signalling or triangulation) · grc ἡλιοτρόπιον (Heliotropium arborescens) · pl heliotrop peruwiański (Heliotropium arborescens) · de Heliotrop (light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers) · pt heliotropo (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · ja 薄紫 (light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers) · hu kunkor (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · ja 回照器 (instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight for purposes such as signalling or triangulation) · de Sonnenwende (Heliotropium arborescens) · it eliotropo (Heliotropium arborescens) · sv heliotrop (synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone) · ja 回光器 (instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight for purposes such as signalling or triangulation) · es heliotropo (synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone) · ar رَقِيب الشَّمْسِ (plant of the genus Heliotropium; any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium) · pt heliotropo (synonym of bloodstone — see also bloodstone)

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