ηλιοτρόπιο

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἡλιοτρόπιον (hēliotrópion).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /i.li.oˈtɾo.pi.o/
  • Hyphenation: η‧λι‧ο‧τρό‧πι‧ο

Noun

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ηλιοτρόπιο (iliotrópion (plural ηλιοτρόπια)

  1. the heliotrope plant, any plant of the Heliotropium genus
  2. the sunflower plant
    Synonym: ηλίανθος (ilíanthos) (formal), ήλιος (ílios) (colloquial)
  3. (chemistry) litmus, a dyestuff extracted from certain lichens
    χαρτί ηλιοτροπίουchartí iliotropíoulitmus paper

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ ηλιοτρόπιο”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998

Further reading

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