meaning of turnsole
1. A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
2. The sunflower.
3. A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).
4. The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
5. Litmus.
6. A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1 (d).
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