fuchsia vs heliotrope

fuchsia

noun
  • A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers. 

  • A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye. 

adj
  • Having a purplish-red colour. 

heliotrope

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

  • A light purple or violet colour. 

  • 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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