turquoise
(noun) a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate; “blue turquoise is valued as a gemstone”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
turquoise (countable and uncountable, plural turquoises)
(countable) A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
(countable and uncountable) A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.
• (colour): blue-green, green-blue, greenish blue, turquoise blue
turquoise (comparative more turquoise, superlative most turquoise)
Made of turquoise (the gemstone).
Having a pale greenish-blue colour.
Source: Wiktionary
Tur*quoise", Tur*quois", n. Etym: [F. turquoise; cf. Pr. & Sp. turquesa, It. turchese, turchina, LL. turchesius, turchina; -- so called because first brought from Turkey. See 1st Turkey.] (Min.)
Definition: 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.
Tur*quoise", a.
Definition: Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineral turquoise.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
