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单词 heliotropian
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heliotropiann.

Forms: Also helitropian, helliotropian.
Etymology: A corruption of heliotropion, heliotrope n. (sense 1), frequent about 1600.
Obsolete.
1. = heliotrope n. 1.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Boraginaceae (bugloss and allies) > [noun] > heliotropes
heliotropec1000
sunflower1562
turnsole1578
heliotropian1590
sun-seeker1847
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 56 As the yron follows the adamant..and the Helitropion the beames of the sunne.
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον i. 35 The gods..changed her into an Heliotropian, which is called the Suns flower, which still inclines to what part soever he makes his progresse.
1649 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs 147 The noble Heliotropian Now turnes to her, and knowes no Sun.
2. = heliotrope n. 2.
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1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 22 With Agats, Helitropians, Jasper.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

heliotropianadj.

Forms: Also 1600s heli-.
Etymology: < Latin hēliotropium heliotrope n. + -an suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: helioˈtropian.
rare.
Pertaining to or of the nature of the heliotrope (1 and 2).
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the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [adjective] > sensitive to stimuli
sensible1623
sensitive1633
heliotropian1640
meteoric1789
phototonic1875
tonotactic1909
1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 10 Most of her Plants have the Heliotropian quality of the Marigold and Tulip, who follow the motion of the Sunne.
1670 I. Walton Life J. Donne 55 in Lives He caused..figures thus drawn to be ingraven very small in Helitropian Stones.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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