different between turnsols vs turnsole

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turnsols

French tournesol

turnsole (countable and uncountable, plural turnsoles)

The 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.
A purple dye obtained from Chrozophora tinctoria.
Synonym: folium
(chemistry, obsolete) litmus

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