tulip
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- noun
- /ˈtuːlɪp/
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tulipán
- They'd reflected off the waxed floor onto the French tulips that drooped in a vase on the table.
- red tulips
- tulip garden
You know the skipping through the tulips meadows.
- You know the skipping through the tulips meadows.
- Within a few days, Dutch Tulip prices had fallen tenfold.
- And Oh, yeah, he had lilies and tulips, I'm telling you.
- Even something as simple as a bright Tulip on the side of the street.
- Some plants outside, tulips or whatever they are.
- The same exact thing happens with things like hostas or, you know, tulips.
- A woman, a neighbor comes to his door or he walks out his door and there's a neighbor who says it's Tulip season.
- Let's roll the clock back now to Holland Tulip mania.
- It's almost like tulips because it splits and then we have a lining.
- Then I studied the South Sea Bubble and the the Tulip of mania.
- OK, the Dutch Tulip boom was an insane kind of Ponzi scheme Nutter boom.
- If you're more of like a bright red Tulip, it's it's like everyone's included and I like that kind of.
Examples
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Mostly, though, I think about the beauty of the woods: maples, tulip trees, oaks, black cherries, birches.
Fiction book (1996) -
FLOWER GARDEN - DAY: Yellow tulips sway in a warm afternoon breeze.
Fiction book (1997) -
Even something as simple as a bright Tulip on the side of the street.
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We're starting off with some Tulip bouquets, so mom is here.
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Just behind the Nature Center is a forested trail with a number of huge tulip trees.
Academic text (2010) -
For the most part, Marie bought tulips, but never the same color two weeks running.
Fiction book (1995) -
Last month, when the dogwoods and tulips were blooming, they learned the inevitable had grown closer.
Fiction book (1998) -
Still, she fetched iced tea, using a glass pitcher that had yellow tulips painted on it.
Fiction book (1991) -
Plus bungalow yards and rock gardens bright with tulips, violets, camellias, and azaleas.
Academic text (2010) -
In spring, the garden was filled with vibrant tulips that attracted many visitors.
Synonyms
A type of bulb plant that makes bright, cup-shaped garden flowers
A plant that grows from an underground bulb, like a tulip or daffodil
Compounds
- US
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A tall North American tree that has large yellow and green tulip-shaped flowers and soft pale wood for furniture
- US
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A tall North American tree with tulip-shaped yellow-green flowers and soft white wood used for furniture
A small tulip from Europe and Asia with flowers that have dark spots at the base
- South African
A South African flowering plant with bright red, cup-shaped flowers and thick leaves
A wild flower with bell-shaped orange, red or yellow blooms on short stems in dry places
- South African
A tropical tree with bright green leaves and large orange-red flowers
- Specialized
A wild flower from the southwestern United States and Mexico with cup-shaped petals like a small tulip
A flowering plant with bright yellow flowers and blue-grey divided leaves
A wild flower with one to three pale purple flowers on tall stems in dry hills
- US
A Mexican flowering plant that grows on trees with grey-green leaves and partly open yellow flowers
A wild yellow flower with bell-shaped blooms on thin stems that grows on California hillsides
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Etymology
Tulip comes from the Turkish word tülbend, which meant a 'turban' because the flower's round, wrapped shape reminded people of a small hat; so the name stuck. That's why a tulip is the cup-shaped, colourful flower we know today.