OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 18565

heliotrope

/ˈhiː.li.ə.tɹəʊp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
heliotropo
Synonym of bloodstone (“a green chalcedony that is sprinkled with red spots or veins of hematite”).
Amid this dread exuberance of woe / Ran naked spirits wing'd with horrid fear, / Nor hope had they of crevice where to hide, / Or heliotrope to charm them out of view.
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