heliotrope

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun, such as (archaic) marigolds and sunflowers.

   “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:[…]”

2. isim A plant of the genus Heliotropium, especially a common heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescens), which has clusters of purple flowers with a strong fragrance.

   “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.”

3. isim With a qualifying word: any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium.
4. isim The fragrance of Heliotropium arborescens flowers, or a scent resembling this fragrance.

   “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.”

5. isim 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, […]”

6. isim 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. isim An ancient type of sundial consisting of a bowl with a perpendicular gnomon mounted in the centre.
8. isim 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.”

9. sıfat Of a light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers.

   “"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.”