bloodstone vs heliotrope

bloodstone

noun
  • A green chalcedony that has been sprinkled with red spots (which resemble blood, hence the name). 

  • Hematite. 

heliotrope

noun
  • A bloodstone (a variety of quartz). 

  • A light purple or violet colour. 

  • Particularly, a purple-flowered plant of the species Heliotropium arborescens. 

  • An instrument, employed in triangulation, that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight toward another, very distant, surveyor. 

  • The fragrance of heliotrope flowers. 

  • A plant that turns so that it faces the sun. 

adj
  • Light purple or violet. 

  • Keeping one’s face turned toward the sun. 

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