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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate; "blue turquoise is valued as a gemstone"
2: a shade of blue tinged with green [syn: greenish blue, aqua, aquamarine, turquoise, cobalt blue, peacock blue]

Merriam Webster's

also turquois noun Etymology: Middle English turkeys, from Anglo-French turkeise, from feminine of turkeis Turkish, from Turc Turkish Date: 14th century 1. a mineral that is a blue, bluish-green, or greenish-gray hydrous basic phosphate of copper and aluminum, takes a high polish, and is valued as a gem when skyblue 2. a light greenish blue

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a semiprecious stone, usu. opaque and greenish- or sky-blue, consisting of hydrated copper aluminium phosphate. 2 a greenish-blue colour. Etymology: ME turkeis etc. f. OF turqueise (later -oise) Turkish (stone)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Turquoise Tur*quoise", Turquois Tur*quois" (?; 277), n. [F. turquoise; cf. Pr. & Sp. turquesa, It. turchese, turchina, LL. turchesius, turchina; -- so called because first brought from Turkey. See 1st Turkey.] (Min.) A hydrous phosphate of alumina containing a little copper; calaite. It has a blue, or bluish green, color, and usually occurs in reniform masses with a botryoidal surface. [Formerly written also turcois, and turkois.] Note: Turquoise is susceptible of a high polish, and when of a bright blue color is much esteemed as a gem. The finest specimens come from Persia. It is also found in New Mexico and Arizona, and is regarded as identical with the chalchihuitl of the Mexicans.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Turquoise Tur*quoise", a. Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineral turquoise.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(turquoises) Turquoise or turquoise blue is used to describe things that are of a light greenish-blue colour. ...a clear turquoise sea. COLOUR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. [Written also Turcois and Turkois.] Calaite.