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

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

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

4. (n.) See Bloodstone (a).

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