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turnsole

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French tournesol

noun turnsoles · turnsol · tournsol

  1. countable, uncountable A heliotrope; so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
  2. countable, uncountable A sunflower.
  3. countable, uncountable A sun spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia).
  4. countable, uncountable The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
  5. countable, uncountable A purple dye obtained from Chrozophora tinctoria.

    Similar: folium

  6. countable, obsolete, uncountable litmus

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@misc{turnsole_2026,
  title = {turnsole},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/turnsole},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}