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Malecite (iou) and turnsole (medicine)


Malecite (iou)



Malecite noun & adjective. Also Maliseet. M19.
[Micmac mali:sit lit. 'a person who speaks poorly'.]
A. noun. Pl. same, -s.
A member of an Algonquian people of New Brunswick and Maine, nearly identical in language and culture to the Passamaquoddy. M19.
The language of this people. E20.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to the Malecite or their language. L19.

turnsole (medicine)


turnsole


1. <botany> A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun. The sunflower.

A kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia).

The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria.

2. <chemistry> Litmus. A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1 .

Origin: F. Tournesol, It. Tornasole; tornare to turn (LL. Tornare) + sole the sun, L. Sol. See Turn, Solar, and cf. Heliotrope

Alternative forms: turnsol.

Source: Websters Dictionary