Turkey red noun & adjectival phr. ['tǝ:kɪ 'rɛd] E18.
[from TURKEY noun¹ + RED noun, adjective.]
1. noun. (A piece of) cotton cloth dyed with a brilliant red pigment obtained from madder or alizarin. E18.

2. noun & adjective. (Dyed with) this pigment; (of) the colour of this pigment. L18.

Comb.:
Turkey red oil sulphonated castor oil, used esp. with alizarin to produce Turkey red.

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