heliotrope vs monumental

heliotrope

adj
  • Keeping one’s face turned toward the sun. 

  • Light purple or violet. 

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. 

monumental

adj
  • In the manner of a monument. 

  • Large, grand and imposing. 

  • a monumental task 

  • Taking a great amount of time and effort to complete. 

  • Relating to monuments. 

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