Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A brilliant red.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See red.
  • noun The cotton cloth dyed of this color, formerly brought from the East, but now made in western Europe and in America.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A vibrant red colour.
  • adjective Of a vibrant red colour.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a bright orange-red color produced in cotton cloth with alizarine dye

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From its use in cotton cloth manufactured in Turkey.]

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