Definition of "turnsole" []

• Any of various plants that move or are believed to move in response to the sun. (noun)
• See heliotrope. (noun)

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• "At another table, two women were re-feathering roasted peacocks with feathers colored by saffron and yellow turnsole."
• "Others were colored green with parsley, yellow with egg yolk, red with sandalwood or purple with turnsole."
• "Take small beer and vinegar, and parboil your beef in it, let it steep all night, then put in some turnsole to it, and being baked,"