Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several bulbous plants of the genus Tulipa of the lily family, native chiefly to Asia and widely cultivated for their showy, variously colored, cup-shaped flowers.
- noun The flower of any of these plants.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant of the genus Tulipa, of which several species are well-known garden bulbs with highly colored bell-shaped flowers, blooming in spring.
- noun In ordnance, a bell-shaped outward swell of the muzzle of a gun, as a rule abandoned in modern ordnance.
- noun A liliaceous plant, Bæometra columellaris (Tulipa Breyniana) of the Cape of Good Hope.
- noun In California, same as
butterfly-tulip : see above.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Any plant of the liliaceous genus Tulipa. Many varieties are cultivated for their beautiful, often variegated flowers.
- noun A West Indian malvaceous tree (
Paritium tiliaceum syn.Hibiscus tiliaceum ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of flowering
plant , genusTulipa . - noun The
flower of this plant.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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My gardener has grown an unusual one called a tulip.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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My gardener has grown an unusual one called a tulip.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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Trade in tulip bulbs was conducted through futures contracts: Buyers agreed to pay a fixed price for tulip bulbs at some point in the future.
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My gardener has grown an unusual one called a tulip.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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My gardener has grown an unusual one called a tulip.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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That center strip has never looked so good, even in tulip season.
The Apparition 2007
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That center strip has never looked so good, even in tulip season.
The Apparition 2007
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Kant insists again and again on the linguistic character of aesthetic judgement, on the somewhat mysterious need to render a judgement that, for example, this tulip is beautiful.
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The name tulip comes from dulband, the Persian word for turban, suggestive perhaps of the flower's shape.
Archive 2006-08-01 2006
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The name tulip comes from dulband, the Persian word for turban, suggestive perhaps of the flower's shape.
Tulipa 2006
ofravens commented on the word tulip
The tulips should be behind bars like dangerous animals;
They are opening like the mouth of a great African cat.
from "Tulips," Sylvia Plath
March 26, 2008