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- noun organic chemistry Any of several
mydriatic alkaloids , esters oftropine , extracted fromheliotrope
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Drawn from the Greek tropein, to turn, the trope is a perversion, a breaking of rules, a seduction of language from its proper course.
'Put to the Blush': Romantic Irregularities and Sapphic Tropes 2006
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