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heliostatHeliostate
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Heliothis armigera
heliothis moth
Heliothis phloxiphaga
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Heliotrope
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Heliozoa
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: an orienting response to the sun
Merriam Webster's
noun Date: circa 1854 phototropism in which sunlight is the orienting stimulus • heliotropic adjective
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. the directional growth of a plant in response to sunlight (cf. PHOTOTROPISM). Derivatives: heliotropic adj.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Heliotropism He`li*ot"ro*pism, n. [Helio- + Gr. ? to turn.] (Bot.) The phenomenon of turning toward the light, seen in many leaves and flowers.
