| turban | 1. A headdress worn by men in the Levant and by most Mohammedans of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf, or shawl, usually of cotton or linen, wound about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck. 2. A kind of headdress worn by women. 3. <zoology> The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell. Origin: OE. Turband, turbant, tolibant, F. Turban, It. Turbante, Turk. Tulbend, dulbend, fr. Per. Dulband. Cf. Tulip. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| turban tumour | Cylindroma of the scalp which, when overgrown, may resemble a turban. (05 Mar 2000) |
| turban-shell | <zoology> A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to a turban. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| turban-top | <botany> A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus (Helvella, or Gyromitra, esculenta). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |