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heliotropium

heliotropium · n

The plant turnsole

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 20 · 0.5/10k
De Medicina 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

hēlĭŏtrŏpĭum — Lewis & Short

hēlĭŏtrŏpĭum, ii, n., = h(liotro/pion.

I The plant turnsole, heliotrope, Varr. R. R. 1, 46; Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 109; 22, 21, 29, § 57. —

II A precious stone with green and brown streaks, striped jasper, Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 165.—Called also: hēlĭŏtrŏpĭos (gemma), Mart. Cap. 1, § 75: heliotropius lapis, Prisc. Perieg. 254.

In the wild

heliotropium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 22.21.p5
Heliotropion Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.37.p65
Heliotropii Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 22.21.p5
heliotropium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.6.p2
heliotropium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 2.41
heliotropium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.27.p1

6 of 21 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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