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What does heliotrope mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word heliotrope? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (botany) A plant that turns so that it faces the sun.
    1. (botany) Particularly, a purple-flowered plant of the species Heliotropium arborescens.
  2. A light purple or violet colour.
  3. The fragrance of heliotrope flowers.
  4. (mineralogy) A bloodstone (a variety of quartz).
  5. (surveying) An instrument, employed in triangulation, that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight toward another, very distant, surveyor.
Adjective
  1. Light purple or violet.
  2. Keeping one’s face turned toward the sun.
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