turkey \tur"key\, pr. n. cf. 2d turkey.
   a country in the southeast of europe and southwest of asia.
   1913 webster

   turkey carpet, a superior kind of carpet made in asia minor
      and adjoining countries, having a deep pile and composed
      of pure wool with a weft of different material. it is
      distinguishable by its coloring and patterns from similar
      carpets made in india and elsewhere.

   turkey oak. bot. see cerris.

   turkey red.
   a a brilliant red imparted by madder to cottons, calicoes,
       etc., the fiber of which has been prepared previously
       with oil or other fatty matter.
   b cloth dyed with this red.

   turkey sponge. zool. see toilet sponge, under sponge.
      

   turkey stone, a kind of oilstone from turkey; novaculite;
      -- called also turkey oilstone.
      1913 webster
see also:
turkey turkey carpet turkey oak cerris turkey red turkey sponge 
toilet sponge sponge turkey stone turkey oilstone 

turkey red
     n : a bright orange-red color produced in cotton cloth with
         alizarine dye syn: alizarine red
see also:
alizarine red