I've been getting
Dictionary.com's Word of the Day emails for a long time. Sometimes I read them; sometimes I don't. Today's word?...
- Heliotrope
- A light tint of purple; reddish lavender.
- Any hairy plant belonging to the genus Heliotropium, of the borage family, as H. arborescens, cultivated for its small, fragrant purple flowers.
- Any of various other plants, as the valerian or the winter heliotrope.
- Any plant that turns toward the sun.
Now you probably know I'm a
Jacqueline Carey nerd. In her books, Heliotrope is one of the 13 Houses of the Court of Night-Blooming Flowers. Adapts of the
Night Court are Servants of Naamah, a goddess, and are known as the most skilled prostitutes in the land. Heliotrope's house canon is devotion and love; their motto, "Thou, and no other." Naturally, I wondered what their flower looked like. When I googled it, I found a marque (a tattoo given to adapts of the Night Court when once they've completed their service) of a Heliotrope flower, created by
Elegaer. I wasn't too fond of it, but I found she'd created others. Most are brilliant, and I've posted a couple below.
