TURNSOLE


Meaning of TURNSOLE in English

adj litmus.

2. turnsole ·adj the sunflower.

3. turnsole ·adj a kind of spurge (euphorbia helioscopia).

4. turnsole ·adj the euphorbiaceous plant chrozophora tinctoria.

5. turnsole ·adj a purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. ·see def. 1 (d).

6. turnsole ·adj a plant of the genus heliotropium; heliotrope;

— so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.

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