TURNSOLE

n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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

2.
n.

The sunflower.

3.
n.

A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).

4.
n.

The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.

5.
n.

Litmus. [Obs.]

6.
n.

A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1 (d).


← TURNPLATE T — all words TURNSPIT →