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Meaning of "heliotrope" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HELIOTROPE

From Latin hēliotropium, from Greek hēliotropion, from hēlios sun + trepein to turn.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HELIOTROPE

heliotrope  [ˈhiːlɪəˌtrəʊp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HELIOTROPE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heliotrope is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HELIOTROPE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of heliotrope in the English dictionary

The first definition of heliotrope in the dictionary is any boraginaceous plant of the genus Heliotropium, esp the South American H. arborescens, cultivated for its small fragrant purple flowers. Other definition of heliotrope is any of various plants that turn towards the sun. Heliotrope is also a bluish-violet to purple colour.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HELIOTROPE


allotrope
ˈæləˌtrəʊp
azeotrope
əˈziːəˌtrəʊp
emmetrope
ˈemɪˌtrəʊp
grope
ɡrəʊp
headrope
ˈhedˌrəʊp
hemitrope
ˈhɛmɪˌtrəʊp
lycanthrope
ˈlaɪkənˌθrəʊp
misanthrope
ˈmɪzənˌθrəʊp
phalarope
ˈfæləˌrəʊp
philanthrope
ˈfɪlənˌθrəʊp
phototrope
ˈfəʊtəʊˌtrəʊp
pyrope
ˈpaɪrəʊp
rheotrope
ˈriːəˌtrəʊp
rope
rəʊp
thaumatrope
ˈθɔːməˌtrəʊp
thixotrope
ˈθɪksəˌtrəʊp
tightrope
ˈtaɪtˌrəʊp
towing-rope
ˌtəʊɪŋˈrəʊp
trope
trəʊp
zoetrope
ˈzəʊɪˌtrəʊp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HELIOTROPE

helioscope
helioscopic
heliosis
heliosphere
heliostat
heliostatic
heliotactic
heliotaxis
heliotherapy
heliotropic
heliotropical
heliotropically
heliotropin
heliotropism
heliotropy
heliotype
heliotypic
heliotypy
heliozoan

WORDS THAT END LIKE HELIOTROPE

bell rope
boltrope
Central Europe
Conventional Forces in Europe
Council of Europe
East Europe
Eastern Europe
Europe
footrope
garden heliotrope
guide rope
jump rope
jumping rope
Manila rope
money for old rope
skip rope
skipping-rope
the rope
winter heliotrope
wire rope

Synonyms and antonyms of heliotrope in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heliotrope» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HELIOTROPE

Find out the translation of heliotrope to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heliotrope from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heliotrope» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

鸡血石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

heliotropo
570 millions of speakers

English

heliotrope
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हेलीओट्रोप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حجر الدم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гелиотроп
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heliotrope
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

heliotrope
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

héliotrope
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heliotrope
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Heliotrop
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヘリオトロープ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

헬리오트로프
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heliotrope
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cây hướng nhựt qùi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கதிரவனை நோக்கித் திரும்பும் செடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हेलिओरॉप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kediotu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eliotropio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

heliotrop
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

геліотроп
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

heliotrop
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ηλιοτρόπιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heliotroop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heliotrop
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heliotrope
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heliotrope

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HELIOTROPE»

The term «heliotrope» is regularly used and occupies the 91.364 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HELIOTROPE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «heliotrope» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «heliotrope» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heliotrope

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HELIOTROPE»

Discover the use of heliotrope in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heliotrope and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Fragrance of Heliotrope: The Presence of Cecilia
The Presence of Cecilia Richard J. Ward. The FRAGRANCE of HELIOTROPE The Presence of Cecilia RICHARD J. WARD The fragrance of Heliotrope The Presence of Cecilia by Richard. Front Cover.
Richard J. Ward, 2007
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Noxious Weeds of Australia
Sheep and especially horses are at risk when grazing common heliotrope dominant pastures. and death. Fortunately, common heliotrope is not very palatable and is rarely eaten by Merino sheep although crossbred and British breeds have a ...
William Thomas Parsons, Eric George Cuthbertson, 2001
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Coping with Joyce: Essays from the Copenhagen Symposium
MARGOT NORMS Heliotrope, the answer to the riddle of desire in Finnegans Wake, is a privileged figure in Joyce's work. It is an overdetermined figure, a word that means many things at once and yet points to only one thing: desire.
Morris Beja, Shari Benstock, 1989
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Aesthetic Politics: Political Philosophy Beyond Fact and Value
Commenting on Aristotle's so-called heliotrope, the metaphor par excellence,25 Derrida quotes Aristotle as follows: "Thus to cast forth corns is called 'sowing' ( speirein); but to cast forth its flames, as said of the sun [and here we have the ...
F. R. Ankersmit, 1996
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Diseases and Pests of Ornamental Plants
HELIOTRONUM (HELIOTROPE) Diseases Heliotrope is subject to relatively few fungus diseases. Among the more commonly reported ones are a shoot blight caused by Bo- trytis cinerea, a leaf spot by Cercospora heliotropii, a rust by ...
Pascal P. Pirone, 1978
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Taking on the Tradition: Jacques Derrida and the Legacies of ...
Derrida concludes: "metaphor means [veut dire] heliotrope, both a movement turned toward the sun and the turning movement of the sun" ("WM," 251). It is at precisely this point in "White Mythology" that Derrida turns around, for what I believe ...
Michael Naas, 2003
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The Heliotrope; Or, Pilgrim in Pursuit of Health
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Anonymous, 2009
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Margins of Philosophy
A homonymy in which Aristotle recognized — in the guise of the Sophist at this point — the very figure of that which doubles and endangers philosophy: these two deaths repeat and simulate one another in the heliotrope. The heliotrope of ...
Jacques Derrida, 1982
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Trees of Hawai'i
Toumefortia argentea Surrounded by rosettes of large, grayish-green, crispy leaves, the tree heliotrope's flowers and fruits are peculiar but decorative. Try them in low flower arrangements. Its tiny white blossoms, arranged in twisted spiral ...
Angela Kay Kepler, 1990
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A General System of Gardening and Botany: Containing a ...
Carpels rather hispid. Mouse-ear-like Heliotrope. Shrub erect. 56 H. Rottle'ri ( Lehm. asper. p. 66.) stem shrubby, erect ; leaves oval-lanceolate, hispid ; spikes lateral and terminal, solitary ; bracteas lanceolate, nearly the length of the calyx. I ? .
George Don, 1838

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HELIOTROPE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heliotrope is used in the context of the following news items.
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City crews to repave alleys - News - The Leader - Corning, NY
... from Pine to Cedar streets (only the east half); Heliotrope Lane from State to Cedar streets, and Florentia Lane from Walnut to Pine streets. «Corning Leader, Jul 15»
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City crews to repave alleys
... from Pine to Cedar streets (only the east half); Heliotrope Lane from State to Cedar streets, and Florentia Lane from Walnut to Pine streets. «Steuben Courier, Jul 15»
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Watch: Mount Rainier, Mount Baker timelapse videos | Outdoors …
Heliotrope RIdge Time Lapse. from donald jensen plus. 00:00. 02:19. 02:19. Like. Add to Watch Later. Share ... «KVAL, Jul 15»
4
100 years later, Rochester sees the light (festival)
Luma Centuria will be joined by an older Covington creation, The Electric Heliotrope Theater, projected images dabbling in a mere two ... «Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Jul 15»
5
Locally Sourced at Johnson
Her drawn and painted abstractions on paper are as vivacious as titles like Amorous Heliotrope and Beetles Prosody suggest. Wingbeat is a ... «ithaca.com, Jul 15»
6
The club people are literally dying to get into
While the list delves mostly into rock 'n' roll, it touches on ragtime (Louis Chauvin, whose beautiful “Heliotrope Bouquet” was finished by his ... «Charlotte Observer, Jul 15»
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Café Juanita Reopens Tuesday; Peek At Its Nearly Finished Space
At the helm of the project, Heliotrope Architects' Joe Herrin says his main effort has been to retain the residential scale of Juanita that guests ... «Eater, Jul 15»
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Buly 1803, the Best of Old-World Beauty
Also new: an expanded line of sophisticated fragrances that includes Hinoki (a woodsy Japanese cypress) and rich, sweet Heliotrope, each ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
9
On the Culture Front: Feasts, Ruins and Discovering Gin on the …
... versa) on the Greek island of Lesbos and then had lunch at the unassuming Heliotrope Hotel, which turned out to be the best meal on shore. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Goldenrod Reopened After Temporary Closure for Pipe Project
Other areas that will be impacted during the project include First Avenue between Goldenrod to the alley east of Heliotrope Avenue; Marguerite ... «Corona del Mar Today, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Heliotrope [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/heliotrope>. Apr 2024 ».
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