heliotrope vs value

heliotrope

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. 

adj
  • Light purple or violet. 

  • Keeping one’s face turned toward the sun. 

value

noun
  • The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc. 

  • The degree of importance given to something. 

  • The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc. 

  • The relative duration of a musical note. 

  • That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system. 

  • The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else. 

  • The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable. 

  • Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined. 

  • Precise meaning; import. 

verb
  • To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon. 

  • To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work. 

  • To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something. 

  • To hold dear. 

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