heliotrope

Etymology
The is borrowed from, from , from , from  (ultimately from ) +  (from  (from ) + ) +.

The French-derived spelling displaced 🇨🇬,, , from 🇨🇬, from (see above); and , , and.

(“synonym of bloodstone”) is from the fact that a piece of the mineral placed in water is said to change the sun’s rays to a blood-red colour: see the 1601 quotation.

The is probably derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1)  A plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun, such as  marigolds and sunflowers.
 * 2)  A plant of the genus, especially the common heliotrope  which has clusters of purple flowers with a strong fragrance.
 * 3) With a qualifying word: any of various plants resembling those of the genus.
 * 4)  The fragrance of  flowers, or a scent resembling this fragrance.
 * 5)  A light purple or violet colour like that of  flowers.
 * 6)  An instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight for purposes such as signalling, or  triangulation (where the reflected light is detected by another surveyor positioned some distance away).
 * 7)  An ancient type of sundial consisting of a bowl with a perpendicular gnomon mounted in the centre.
 * 1)  A plant of the genus, especially the common heliotrope  which has clusters of purple flowers with a strong fragrance.
 * 2) With a qualifying word: any of various plants resembling those of the genus.
 * 3)  The fragrance of  flowers, or a scent resembling this fragrance.
 * 4)  A light purple or violet colour like that of  flowers.
 * 5)  An instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight for purposes such as signalling, or  triangulation (where the reflected light is detected by another surveyor positioned some distance away).
 * 6)  An ancient type of sundial consisting of a bowl with a perpendicular gnomon mounted in the centre.
 * 1)  The fragrance of  flowers, or a scent resembling this fragrance.
 * 2)  A light purple or violet colour like that of  flowers.
 * 3)  An instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight for purposes such as signalling, or  triangulation (where the reflected light is detected by another surveyor positioned some distance away).
 * 4)  An ancient type of sundial consisting of a bowl with a perpendicular gnomon mounted in the centre.
 * 1)  An instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight for purposes such as signalling, or  triangulation (where the reflected light is detected by another surveyor positioned some distance away).
 * 2)  An ancient type of sundial consisting of a bowl with a perpendicular gnomon mounted in the centre.
 * 1)  An instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight for purposes such as signalling, or  triangulation (where the reflected light is detected by another surveyor positioned some distance away).
 * 2)  An ancient type of sundial consisting of a bowl with a perpendicular gnomon mounted in the centre.
 * 1)  An ancient type of sundial consisting of a bowl with a perpendicular gnomon mounted in the centre.
 * 1)  An ancient type of sundial consisting of a bowl with a perpendicular gnomon mounted in the centre.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Irish: plúr na gréine
 * Latin: hēliotropium
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: ἡλῐοτρόπῐον
 * Japanese: ヘリオトロープ
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish:, tomiłek


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: heliotrop
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: harilik heliotroop
 * Finnish: tuoksuheliotrooppi
 * Georgian: ჰელიოტროპი
 * German: Heliotrop,, Vanilleblume
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἡλιοτρόπιον
 * Italian: eliotropo
 * Japanese: ヘリオトロープ
 * Latin: solago
 * Macedonian:
 * Persian: روزگردک
 * Polish: heliotrop peruwiański, tomiłek peruwiański
 * Portuguese:, heliotropo
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: су̀нчац
 * Roman:
 * Welsh: heliotrop, heuldro


 * Finnish: heliotroopin tuoksu,
 * Macedonian:


 * Bulgarian: светловиолетов
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: sinivioletti
 * German: Heliotrop, Blauviolett
 * Italian: eliotropo
 * Japanese: ヘリオトロープ, 薄紫
 * Macedonian: светловиоле́тов
 * Portuguese: púrpura-rosado
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: ヘリオトロープ, 回光器, 回照器
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish:


 * Danish: heliotrop
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: ἡλῐοτρόπῐον
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ヘリオトロープ
 * Latin: hēliotropium
 * Macedonian: хелиотро́п
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: heliotropo,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: heliotropo
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: геліотро́п


 * Arabic:
 * Ido:
 * Japanese: キダチルリソウ, ニオイムラサキ
 * Malay:
 * Romanian:
 * Volapük:

Adjective

 * 1) Of a light purple or violet colour like that of  flowers.

Translations

 * Finnish: heliotroopin värinen
 * Macedonian: