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What (who) is turnsole - definition
Turn-sole
![''[[Chrozophora tinctoria]]'' fruit](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ChrozophoraTinctoria.JPG?width=200 "''[[Chrozophora tinctoria]]'' fruit")
Turnsole
·adj Litmus.
II. Turnsole ·adj The Sunflower.
III. Turnsole ·adj A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).
IV. Turnsole ·adj The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
V. Turnsole ·adj A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. ·see def. 1 (d).
VI. Turnsole ·adj A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope;
- so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
turnsole
n.
1.
Heliotrope.
2.
Litmus.
turnsole
¦ noun a Mediterranean plant whose flowers are said to turn with the sun, and from which a blue or purple dye was formerly obtained. [Chrozophora tinctoria.]
Origin
ME: from OFr. tournesole, based on L. tornare (see turn) + sol 'sun'.
Wikipedia
Turnsole
Turnsole or folium was a dyestuff prepared from the annual plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
