heliotrope

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for heliotrope

heliotrope 🔊 /hiˈliʌtɹowˌp/

heliotrope : සූර්යකමල

heliotrope : ආලෝක කදාව

heliotrope definition

Noun.

  1. An instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line.
  2. A plant of the genus Heliotropium; -- called also turnsole and girasole. H. Peruvianum is the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers.
  3. An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a mirror.
  4. See Bloodstone (a).