Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bloodstone \Blood"stone`\, n. (Min.)
(a) A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if
with blood; hence the name; -- called also {heliotrope}.
(b) Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or
"streak."
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Heliotrope \He"li*o*trope\, n. [F. h['e]liotrope, L.
heliotropium, Gr. ?; ? the sun + ? to turn, ? turn. See
{Heliacal}, {Trope}.]
1. (Anc. Astron.) An instrument or machine for showing when
the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line.
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2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Heliotropium}; -- called also
{turnsole} and {girasole}. {Heliotropium Peruvianum} is
the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers.
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3. (Geodesy & Signal Service) An instrument for making
signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the
sun's rays thrown from a mirror.
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4. (Min.) See {Bloodstone}
(a) .
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{Heliotrope purple}, a grayish purple color.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heliotrope
n 1: green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood [syn:
{bloodstone}, {heliotrope}]
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