heliotrope

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The berries were the kind that stained everything they touched: fingers, tongues, the sidewalk beneath, a heliotrope purple that felt almost illicit.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2025

The center of clan life is a flowering heliotrope tree by the ocean.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2021

Once the palms are mostly gone, crews will plant native trees, especially the giant Pisonia and the tree heliotrope.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 27, 2020

As the inventor of the heliotrope, a device that reflected light to send messages over long distances, Gauss envisioned an array of large mirrors that could be used to flash messages through interplanetary space.

From The Guardian • Nov. 6, 2019

Meg’s had roses and heliotrope, myrtle, and a little orange tree in it.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott