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Feb 14, 2012
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turn•sole



Pronunciation: (tûrn'sōl"), [key]
—n.
1. any of several plants regarded as turning with the movement of the sun.
2. heliotrope (def. 2).
3. a European plant, Chrozophora tinctoria, of the spurge family, yielding a purple dye.
4. the purple dye prepared from this plant; litmus.

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