Bloodstone vs. Heliotrope

Bloodstonenoun

A green chalcedony that has been sprinkled with red spots (which resemble blood, hence the name).

Heliotropenoun

(botany) A plant that turns so that it faces the sun.

Bloodstonenoun

Hematite.

Heliotropenoun

(botany) Particularly, a purple-flowered plant of the species Heliotropium arborescens.

Bloodstonenoun

A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; - called also heliotrope.

Heliotropenoun

A light purple or violet colour.

Bloodstonenoun

green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood

Heliotropenoun

The fragrance of heliotrope flowers.

Heliotropenoun

(mineral) A bloodstone (a variety of quartz).

Heliotropenoun

(surveying) An instrument, employed in triangulation, that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight toward another, very distant, surveyor.

Heliotropeadjective

Light purple or violet.

Heliotropeadjective

Keeping one’s face turned toward the sun.

Heliotropenoun

An instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line.

Heliotropenoun

A plant of the genus Heliotropium; - called also turnsole and girasole. Heliotropium Peruvianum is the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers.

Heliotropenoun

An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a mirror.

Heliotropenoun

See Bloodstone (a).

Heliotropenoun

green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood