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heliotropic

adj

Etymology

From heliotrope + -ic.

  1. derived from hēliotropium
  2. derived from *trep-✻ — “to turn”
  3. derived from *sóh₂wl̥✻ — “the sun”
  4. derived from ἡλῐοτρόπῐον — “European heliotrope (Heliotropium europaeum); bloodstone; solar clock, sundial”
  5. derived from hēliotropium — “plant which turns to face the sun; bloodstone”
  6. borrowed from héliotrope
  7. formed as heliotropic — “heliotrope + -ic”

Definitions

  1. exhibiting heliotropism

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA