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Euphorbia Helioscopia
Wartwort Wart"wort`, n. (Bot.) A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis).
Euphorbia Helioscopia
Turnsole Turn"sole`, n. [F. tournesol, It. tornasole; tornare to turn (LL. tornare) + sole the sun, L. sol. See Turn, Solar, a., and cf. Heliotrope.] [Written also turnsol.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun. (b) The sunflower. (c) A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia). (d) The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria. 2. (Chem.) (a) Litmus. [Obs.] (b) A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1 (d) .
heliostat
Siderostat Sid"er*o*stat, n. [L. sidus, sideris, a star + Gr. ??? standing, fixed, fr. ???? to place.] (Astron.) An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; -- a more general term for heliostat.

Meaning of Helios from wikipedia

- In ancient Gr**** religion and mythology, Helios (/ˈhiːliəs, -ɒs/; Ancient Gr****: Ἥλιος pronounced [hɛ̌ːlios], lit. 'Sun'; Homeric Gr****: Ἠέλιος) is the...
- leased by Helios Airways on 16 April 2004, and was re-registered 5B-DBY with the nickname Olympia. Besides the downed aircraft, the Helios fleet also...
- name of the product was Helios. In the materials they produced, Perihelion Software never referred to the operating system as HeliOS. In the early 1980s,...
- Cyprus due to its re****tion deteriorating after the Helios Airways Flight 522 disaster. Helios Airways was established on 23 September 1998, formed by...
- Augustus) spared the lives of Alexander Helios and Ptolemy Philadelphus as a favor to the couple. After Helios arrives in Rome he disappears from historical...
- Helios-A and Helios-B (after launch renamed Helios 1 and Helios 2) are a pair of probes that were launched into heliocentric orbit to study solar processes...
- Helios-44 is a Soviet copy of the Carl Zeiss Biotar 58mm ƒ/2 lens produced under the Helios lens brand. The lens is currently made in Russia for the M42...
- Look up Helios, helio, or helio- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Helios is the personification of the sun in Gr**** mythology. Helios or Helio may also...
- the ring name Helios, where he finally defeated Taylor for the Young Lions Cup. However, Taylor disputed Helios' win by claiming that Helios was actually...
- Helio Vieira (1914–2003), Brazilian fencer. Hélio Waldman Brazilian scientist. Helio (disambiguation) Helios (disambiguation) This page or section lists...