turk : Idioms & Phrases

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grand turk

  • noun the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)
    sultan.
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ottoman turk

  • noun a Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I)
    Osmanli; Ottoman.
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Turk's cap

  • . (Bot.) (a) Turk's-cap lily. See under Lily. (b) A tulip. (c) A plant of the genus Melocactus; Turk's head. See Melon cactus, under Melon.
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turk's cap-lily

  • noun lily of the eastern United States with orange to red maroon-spotted flowers
    Lilium superbum; Turk's cap-lily.
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Turk's head

  • noun an ornamental knot that resembles a small turban
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  • . (a) (Naut.) A knot of turbanlike form worked on a rope with a piece of small line. R. H. Dana, Jr. (b) (Bot.) See Turk's cap (c) above.
Webster 1913

Turk's turban

  • (Bot.), a plant of the genus Ranunculus; crowfoot.
Webster 1913

turk's-cap

  • noun lily of the eastern United States with orange to red maroon-spotted flowers
    Lilium superbum; Turk's cap-lily.
  • noun lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia
    Lilium martagon; martagon.
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young turk

  • noun a member of one or more of the insurgent groups in Turkey in the late 19th century who rebelled against the absolutism of Ottoman rule
  • noun a young radical who agitates for reform
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