FYI-heliotrope
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: FYI-heliotrope
- From: l*@juno.com
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 22:45:06 -0500
Gardening information comes from strange sources sometimes. Thought
someone might find this interesting.
Linda Wallpe
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From: Wordsmith <wsmith@wordsmith.org>
To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--heliotrope
This week's theme: words from Scott Joplin's piano scores
titles.
heliotrope (HEE-lee-uh-trope) noun
1.a. Any of several plants of the genus Heliotropium, especially H.
arborescens, native to Peru and having small, highly fragrant
purplish flowers. Also called turnsole.
b. The garden heliotrope.
c. Any of various plants that turn toward the sun.
2. See bloodstone.
3. Color. A moderate, light, or brilliant violet to moderate or deep
reddish purple.
[Middle English elitrope (from Old English eliotropus) and French
heliotrope,
both from Latin heliotropium, from Greek heliotropion : helio-, helio- +
tropos, turn; see TROPE.]
heliotrope adjective
"Conforming with Joplin's propensity for floral, folial, and arboreal
titles, 'Heliotrope Bouquet' validates its name by the atmosphere of
[Louis] Chauvin's themes, clothed in his exquisitely personal
harmony."
Rudi Blesh, The Complete Works of Scott Joplin; Black-American
Classicist,
1971.
"But their rainbow hues were unusual: acid and lime greens, lilacs,
heliotropes and tangerines."
Jane Ducas, House and Home: Putting a new spin on silk, The Sunday
Telegraph, 20 Jul 1997, pp. 25.
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