heliotrope
美音:
[´hi:lıət´rəup
]英音:
[´hi:lıət´rəup
]n. 向日葵,天芥菜属植物,该植物的花香,淡紫色
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heliotrope为短语/超纲词汇
词根
trop=to turn(转)
heliotrope
/'hi:lɪətrəʊp; `hilɪə,trop/
n
1 [C, U] plant with small sweet-smelling purple flowers 天芥菜属植物(开芳香之紫色小花).
2 [U] light purple colour 浅紫色.
heliotrope
n
[Date: 1000-1100; Language: Latin;Origin: heliotropium, from Greek heliotropion, from helios 'sun' + tropos 'turn'; because its flowers turn toward the sun] [C]
a garden plant with nice-smelling pale purple flowers