Turnsole

  • 11turnsole — n. 1. Heliotrope. 2. Litmus …

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  • 12turnsole — turn·sole …

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  • 13turnsole — turn•sole [[t]ˈtɜrnˌsoʊl[/t]] n. 1) pln any of several plants regarded as turning with the movement of the sun 2) pln a European plant, Chrozophora tinctoria, of the spurge family, yielding a purple dye 3) the dye itself; litmus • Etymology:… …

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  • 14turnsole — n. any of various plants supposed to turn with the sun. Etymology: OF tournesole f. Prov. tournasol f. L tornare TURN + sol sun …

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  • 15Chrozophora tinctoria — Turnsole Turn sole , n. [F. tournesol, It. tornasole; tornare to turn (LL. tornare) + sole the sun, L. sol. See {Turn}, {Solar}, a., and cf. {Heliotrope}.] [Written also {turnsol}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Heliotropium}; heliotrope;… …

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  • 16Euphorbia Helioscopia — Turnsole Turn sole , n. [F. tournesol, It. tornasole; tornare to turn (LL. tornare) + sole the sun, L. sol. See {Turn}, {Solar}, a., and cf. {Heliotrope}.] [Written also {turnsol}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Heliotropium}; heliotrope;… …

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  • 17turnsol — Turnsole Turn sole , n. [F. tournesol, It. tornasole; tornare to turn (LL. tornare) + sole the sun, L. sol. See {Turn}, {Solar}, a., and cf. {Heliotrope}.] [Written also {turnsol}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Heliotropium}; heliotrope;… …

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  • 18Parantica aglea — Glassy Tiger Parantica aglea melanoides female from Malaya Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …

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  • 19Heliotropium — Taxobox name = Heliotropes image width = 240px image caption = Heliotropium peruvianum regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida subclassis = Asteridae unranked ordo = Euasterids I ordo = Boraginales familia = Boraginaceae… …

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  • 20Euploea core — Common Crow redirects here. For the bird, see Corvus (genus). Common Crow Common Crow feeding on Lantana flowers. Kerala, India Scientific classific …

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