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Date:
1000-1100
Language:
Latin
Origin:
heliotropium, from
Greek
heliotropion, from helios
'sun'
+ tropos
'turn'
; because its flowers turn toward the sun
heliotrope
noun
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GARDENING
PLANTS
he‧li‧o‧trope
[
countable
]
DLG
HBP
a garden plant with nice-smelling pale purple flowers
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