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tournsol

tournsol noun: a violet-blue dye got from the plant Chrozophora tinctoria.

Noun

tournsol (uncountable)

  1. A violet-blue dye got from the plant Chrozophora tinctoria

Questions about tournsol

What does tournsol mean?
Tournsol means a violet-blue dye got from the plant Chrozophora tinctoria.
What part of speech is tournsol?
Tournsol is a noun.

Words near tournsol in the dictionary

  1. tourniqueting
  2. tourniquets
  3. tourniquetted
  4. tourniquetting
  5. tourns
  6. tournsol
  7. tournure
  8. tournures
  9. Tournus
  10. Touro
  11. tourography

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