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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: heliotrope, -heliotrope-
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English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
heliotrope(n) ดอกไม้ที่หันเข้าหาแสงอาทิตย์

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
heliotrope

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
heliotrope
heliotropes

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Heliotrope

n. [ F. héliotrope, L. heliotropium, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; the sun + &unr_; to turn, &unr_; turn. See Heliacal, Trope. ] 1. (Anc. Astron.) An instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Heliotropium; -- called also turnsole and girasole. Heliotropium Peruvianum is the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Min.) See Bloodstone (a). [ 1913 Webster ]


Heliotrope purple, a grayish purple color.
[ 1913 Webster ]

Heliotroper

n. The person at a geodetic station who has charge of the heliotrope. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0)
winter heliotrope(n) European herb with vanilla-scented white-pink flowers, Syn. sweet coltsfoot, Petasites fragrans
bloodstone(n) green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood, Syn. heliotrope
common valerian(n) tall rhizomatous plant having very fragrant flowers and rhizomes used medicinally, Syn. Valeriana officinalis, garden heliotrope

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary
鸡血石[jī xuè shí, ㄐㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄕˊ,    /   ] bloodstone; red-fleck chalcedony, used for carving seals; (mineral.) heliotrope #83,817 [Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
ヘリオトロープ[heriotoro-pu] (n) heliotrope [Add to Longdo]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary
Spiegeltelegraf { n }; Spiegeltelegraph { m } [ alt ]heliotrope [Add to Longdo]

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