"turnsole" meaning in English

See turnsole in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: turnsoles [plural]
Etymology: French tournesol Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|tournesol}} French tournesol Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} turnsole (countable and uncountable, plural turnsoles)
  1. A heliotrope; so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-turnsole-en-noun-tst0F7KR
  2. A sunflower. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-turnsole-en-noun-BYsktrrr
  3. A sun spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Flowers, Heliantheae tribe plants, Spurges
    Sense id: en-turnsole-en-noun-WJALOg9g Disambiguation of Flowers: 20 6 35 14 13 13 Disambiguation of Heliantheae tribe plants: 8 5 40 17 16 14 Disambiguation of Spurges: 4 4 54 14 12 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 52 14 14 12 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 6 8 43 13 16 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 2 56 14 15 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 60 15 14 9
  4. The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-turnsole-en-noun-NsXjjJad
  5. A purple dye obtained from Chrozophora tinctoria. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: folium
    Sense id: en-turnsole-en-noun-PpdwULmW
  6. (chemistry, obsolete) litmus Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-turnsole-en-noun-qlX2rktZ Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: turnsol, tournsol

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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