Definition of Turkey red

1. Noun. A bright orange-red color produced in cotton cloth with alizarine dye.

Exact synonyms: Alizarine Red
Generic synonyms: Red, Redness

Medical Definition of Turkey red

1. A plant of the Rubia (R. Tinctorum). The root is much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated in France and Holland. See Rubiaceous. Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes, etc, which receive their names from their colours; as. Madder yellow. Field madder, an annual European weed (Sherardia arvensis) resembling madder. Indian madder, the East Indian Rubia cordifolia, used in the East for dyeing; called also munjeet. Wild madder, Rubia peregrina of Europe; also the Galium Mollugo, a kind of bedstraw. Origin: OE. Mader, AS. Maedere; akin to Icel. Mara. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turkey Red

Turk's cap-lily
Turk's head
Turk's leukocyte
Turkestan
turkey
turkey
turkeys
turkey buzzard
turkey cock
turkey drumstick
turkey gobbler neck
turkey leg
turkey meningoencephalitis virus
turkey oak
turkey red (current term)
Turkey red
turkey rhinotracheitis
turkey rhinotracheitis virus
turkey stew
turkey stuffing
turkey trot
turkey vulture
turkey wing
Turki
Turkic
Turkic-speaking
Turkic language
turkies
turkieses
turkis

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