blotch vs heliotrope

blotch

noun
  • An uneven patch of color or discoloration. 

  • An irregularly shaped area. 

  • A bright or dark spot on old film caused by dirt and loss of the gelatin covering the film, due to age and poor film quality. 

  • A dark spot on the skin; a pustule. 

  • Blotting paper. 

  • Any of various crop diseases that cause the plant to form spots. 

  • Imperfection; blemish on one’s reputation, stain. 

verb
  • To develop blotches, to become blotchy. 

  • To mark with blotches. 

heliotrope

noun
  • A light purple or violet colour. 

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

  • A bloodstone (a variety of quartz). 

  • 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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