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turnsole

/'tә:nsәul/

📖 中文释义

  1. n. 向阳性植物
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. a. A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so
  2. named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
  3. a. The sunflower.
  4. a. A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).
  5. a. The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
  6. a. Litmus.
  7. a. A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1
  8. (d).