heliotrope vs pomegranate

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. 

pomegranate

noun
  • The shrub or small tree that bears the fruit. 

  • The fruit of the Punica granatum, about the size of an orange with a thick, hard, reddish skin enclosing many seeds, each with an edible pink or red pulp tasting both sweet and tart. 

  • A dark red or orange-red colour, like that of the pulp or skin of a pomegranate fruit. 

adj
  • Of a colour like that of the pulp or skin of a pomegranate fruit; dark red or orange-red. 

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