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heliotrope

/hee-lee-uh-trohp, heel-yuh- or, especially British, hel-yuh-/US // ˈhi li əˌtroʊp, ˈhil yə- or, especially British, ˈhɛl yə- //UK // (ˈhiːlɪəˌtrəʊp, ˈhɛljə-) //

鹤立鸡群,鹤望兰,鹤顶红,鹤望兰花

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any hairy plant belonging to the genus Heliotropium, of the borage family, as H. arborescens, cultivated for its small, fragrant purple flowers.
    • : any of various other plants, as the valerian or the winter heliotrope.
    • : any plant that turns toward the sun.
    • : a light tint of purple; reddish lavender.
    • : Surveying. an arrangement of mirrors for reflecting sunlight from a distant point to an observation station.
    • : bloodstone.

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Examples

  • Delicate, refined, perfectly poised, and Kitty beside her like a sunflower to a sprig of heliotrope!

  • Was this garden, which was all white, in any way connected with the sunbeams and heliotrope?

  • Heliotrope is the name of the scent, my dear, but please do not allude to it again.

  • The coat, hanging open, displayed a soft shirt of no uncertain shade of heliotrope.

  • It was the Heliotrope or Solsequium or Turnesol of our forefathers, and is the flower often alluded to under that name.