A plant that turns its leaves or flowers to face the sun.
helio+trope
Shared component: helio · sun
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helio
sun
Related forms: helio · 3 words in this dictionary
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Shared components, not spelling prefixeshaving or representing the sun as the center, as in the accepted astronomical model of the solar system.
helio+centric
Shared component: helio · sun
the study of the propagation of pressure waves in the sun, used to investigate its internal structure.
helio+seism+ology
Shared component: helio · sun