garden heliotrope

garden heliotrope
the common valerian, Valeriana officinalis, esp. when cultivated as an ornamental.
[1900-05]

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  • garden heliotrope — noun Date: circa 1902 a tall rhizomatous Old World valerian (Valeriana officinalis) widely cultivated for its fragrant tiny flowers and for its roots which yield the drug valerian …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • garden heliotrope — gar′den he′liotrope n. pln the cultivated valerian Valeriana officinalis[/ex] …   From formal English to slang

  • heliotrope — [hē′lē ə trōp΄; ] also, chiefly Brit [, hel′ē ətrōp] n. [Fr héliotrope < L heliotropium < Gr hēliotropion < hēlios, the sun (see HELIOS) + base of trepein, to turn (see TROPE)] 1. Obs. a sunflower or other plant whose flowers turn to… …   English World dictionary

  • heliotrope — /hee lee euh trohp , heel yeuh / or, esp. Brit., /hel yeuh /, n. 1. any hairy plant belonging to the genus Heliotropium, of the borage family, as H. arborescens, cultivated for its small, fragrant purple flowers. 2. any of various other plants,… …   Universalium

  • heliotrope — noun Etymology: Latin heliotropium, from Greek hēliotropion, from hēlio 1heli + tropos turn; from its flowers turning toward the sun more at trope Date: 1605 1. any of a genus (Heliotropium) of herbs or shrubs of the borage family compare garden… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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