Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of liliaceous plants, the tulips, type of the tribe Tulipeæ.
- noun [lowercase] A tulip.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word tulipa.
Examples
-
I love those tulipa viridifloras… the green and white are so understated and elegant, perfect for their structured setting.
-
A few tulips are at their peak now, this is tulipa ‘Queen of the Night’.
-
This tulipa ‘Jackpot’, thanks again semi, with the ajuga blooming blue beside adds springtime joy to the new black area.
-
People are all so used to thinking, a lot of groups and organizations are sort of saying, 'who's going to get the list? who's going to get the list? .. crocus roraima tulipa jaipur palace
Marshall Ganz on the Future of the Obama Movement Sifry, Micah L. 2008
-
The site's copyright policy section supports a commitment to the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The incoming administration promises to draw and quarter anyone who infringes others 'copyright on the site by, say, copying-and-pasting whole texts they don't have the rights to. great crocus roraima tulipa jaipur palace
Change.gov Swaps Traditional Copyright for Creative Commons Scola, Nancy 2008
-
In southern California our yard came with tulipa bakeri, small but cute.
Tulips « Fairegarden 2008
-
Journal entry, get more of these tulips next fall, tulipa greigii ‘Zampa Parrot’.
-
The jungle is in consequence advancing close upon the city, which is thus rendered almost uninhabitable from malaria -- the only manufacturers which continue to flourish being those of violins, bracelets, made from a peculiar shell resembling the _Murex tulipa_, and -- idols for Hindoo worship!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 Various
-
The elegant appearance on dissection of the young tulip in the bulb was first observed by Mariotte and is mentioned in the note on tulipa in Vol. II, and was afterwards noticed by Du Hamel.
The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Erasmus Darwin 1766
-
Differs from both F. tulipa and F. distans in being intermediate between them in color pattern.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.