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
Wiktionary

A kind of spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia).

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Turnsole

Noun

Singular:
turnsole
Plural:
turnsoles

Origin of Turnsole

  • 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

  • French tournesol

    From Wiktionary

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