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Old November 25, 2009, 05:19 AM
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Sunflowers are heliotropic, and the old English name was "turnsole".
The name "heliotrope" derives from the fact that these plants turn their leaves/flowers to the sun. Helios is Greek for "sun", tropein means "to turn".

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You must think that I am an idiot. But I swear, I'm an articulated idiot.
A person is 'articulate' if they can join up words, i.e fluent. 'articulated' means having joints.

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