heliotrope vs knob

heliotrope

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

  • 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. 

adj
  • Light purple or violet. 

  • Keeping one’s face turned toward the sun. 

knob

noun
  • A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves. 

  • A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand. 

  • The head of the penis; the glans. 

  • A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle. 

  • A woman's breast. 

  • A contemptible person; dick. 

  • A prominent rounded hill. 

  • A freshman at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. 

  • The clitoris. 

  • A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers. 

  • A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge. 

  • A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter). 

  • A chunky branch-like piece, especially of a ginger rhizome. 

  • A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel. 

verb
  • To have sex with. 

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