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HELIOTROPE

Volume 11 · 45 words · 1860 Edition

siliceous mineral of a dark green colour, and variegated commonly with bright red spots, whence it is called haematite, or bloodstone. See Mineralogy.

genus of plants of the nat. ord. *Heliotropeae*. *H. peruvianum* and some other species are much cultivated on account of their fragrance.