turnsole

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Definition of turnsole in English English dictionary

A purple dye obtained from Chrozophora tinctoria

{n} a plant, the wart wort, a dye

A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia)

Litmus

The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria

A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun

A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole

The sunflower

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Hyphenation

turn·sole

Etymology

[ 't&rn-"sOl ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English turnesole, from Middle French tournesol, from Old Italian tornasole, from tornare to turn + sole sun, from Latin sol; more at TURN, SOLAR.