Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants, of the natural order Boraginaceæ and tribe Heliotropieæ.
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Examples
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He was not sure of any of it, but the odds seemed very good on heliotropium being the family or pet name of Clytie White.
More Work for the Undertaker Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1949
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She laughed gently as she took the allusion to the heliotropium and the daisies.
More Work for the Undertaker Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1949
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She laughed gently as she took the allusion to the heliotropium and the daisies.
More Work for the Undertaker Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1949
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He was not sure of any of it, but the odds seemed very good on heliotropium being the family or pet name of Clytie White.
More Work for the Undertaker Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1949
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It was a long time since his schooldays, but he fancied that he recollected that one of the daughters of the sea god was changed, after the habit of nymphs, into the plant heliotropium.
More Work for the Undertaker Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1949
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It was a long time since his schooldays, but he fancied that he recollected that one of the daughters of the sea god was changed, after the habit of nymphs, into the plant heliotropium.
More Work for the Undertaker Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1949
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He sent the seed of the heliotropium peruvianum to his brother Bernard, so that the introduction of this ornamental plant into Europe is due to him.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Cipura martinicensis, Panicum mieranthum, Parthenium hysterophorus, Vernonia odoratissima, (Pevetera, with flowers having a delicious odour of heliotropium), Tagetes caracasana, T. scoparia of
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The people sometimes mix the incienso of the Silla with the flowers of the pevetera, another composite plant, the smell of which resembles that of the heliotropium of Peru.
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(Pevetera, with flowers having a delicious odour of heliotropium),
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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