Turnsole Definition
tûrnsōl
noun
Any of a number of plants whose flowers supposedly turn with the sun, as the sunflower and heliotrope.
Webster's New World
A Mediterranean plant (Chrozophora tinctoria) of the spurge family, yielding a purple or blue dye.
Webster's New World
This dye.
Webster's New World
The sunflower.
Wiktionary
A kind of spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia).
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Turnsole
Noun
Singular:
turnsolePlural:
turnsolesOrigin of Turnsole
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Middle English turnesole dye made from C. tinctoria from Old French tournesol from Old Italian tornasole tornare to turn (from Latin tornāre turn) sole sun (from Latin sōl sāwel- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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French tournesol
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