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GARDEN HELIOTROPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does garden heliotrope mean?
• GARDEN HELIOTROPE (noun)
The noun GARDEN HELIOTROPE has 1 sense:
1. tall rhizomatous plant having very fragrant flowers and rhizomes used medicinally
Familiarity information: GARDEN HELIOTROPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall rhizomatous plant having very fragrant flowers and rhizomes used medicinally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common valerian; garden heliotrope; Valeriana officinalis
Hypernyms ("garden heliotrope" is a kind of...):
valerian (a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers)
Context examples
Also called garden heliotrope, garden valerian, Indian valerian, Mexican valerian, valerian, Valeriana officinalis, and Valerianae radix.
(Pacific valerian, NCI Dictionary)
Also called garden heliotrope, garden valerian, Indian valerian, Pacific valerian, valerian, Valeriana officinalis, and Valerianae radix.
(Mexican valerian, NCI Dictionary)
Also called garden heliotrope, garden valerian, Mexican valerian, Pacific valerian, valerian, Valeriana officinalis, and Valerianae radix.
(Indian valerian, NCI Dictionary)
Also called garden heliotrope, Indian valerian, Mexican valerian, Pacific valerian, valerian, Valeriana officinalis, and Valerianae radix.
(Garden valerian, NCI Dictionary)
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