Turnsole
noun
1.
any of several plants regarded as turning with the movement of the sun.
2.
heliotrope (def 2).
3.
a European plant, Chrozophora tinctoria, of the spurge family, yielding a purple dye.
4.
the purple dye prepared from this plant; litmus.
noun
1.
any of various plants having flowers that are said to turn towards the sun
2.
a euphorbiaceous plant, Croton tinctoria, of the Mediterranean region that yields a purple dye
3.
the dye extracted from this plant
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