turnsole
/'tә:nsәul/
📖 中文释义
- n. 向阳性植物
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- a. A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so
- named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
- a. The sunflower.
- a. A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).
- a. The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
- a. Litmus.
- a. A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1
- (d).