heliotrope vs sheen

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. 

sheen

noun
  • Splendor; radiance; shininess. 

  • A thin layer of a substance (such as oil) spread on a solid or liquid surface. 

  • The letter ش in the Arabic script. 

adj
  • Beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny. 

verb
  • To shine; to glisten. 

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