Word Meaning

Meaning of turnsole

- A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
- The sunflower.
- A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).
- The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
- Litmus.
- A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1 (d).