heliotrope vs ornament

heliotrope

noun
  • The fragrance of heliotrope flowers. 

  • 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. 

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

adj
  • Light purple or violet. 

  • Keeping one’s face turned toward the sun. 

ornament

noun
  • A characteristic that has a decorative function (typically in order to attract a mate) 

  • The articles used in church services. 

  • A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line. 

  • An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns. 

  • A Christmas tree decoration. 

verb
  • To decorate. 

  • To add to. 

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