Definition of tulip Tulip

/tuˈlʌp/ - [tulup] - tu•lip

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Noun

Plural: tulips

tulip - any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
  liliaceous plant plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
  genus tulipa, tulipa Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs
  dwarf tulip, tulipa armena, tulipa suaveolens small early blooming tulip
  candlestick tulip, lady tulip, tulipa clusiana Eurasian tulip with small flowers blotched at the base
  tulipa gesneriana tall late blooming tulip
  cottage tulip any of several long-stemmed tulips that flower in May; have egg-shaped variously colored flowers
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • tulip (Noun)
    A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa.
  • tulip (Noun)
    The flower of this plant.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • tulip (n.)
    Any plant of the liliaceous genus Tulipa. Many varieties are cultivated for their beautiful, often variegated flowers.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • tulip
    Any of numerous perennial bulbous flowering plants of the genus Tulipa.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • tulip
    tū′lip, n. a genus of bulbous plants of the order Liliaceæ, with over forty species, having highly-coloured bell-shaped flowers.—adj. Tū′lip-eared, prick-eared, as a dog.—ns. Tulipomā′nia, a craze for the cultivation of tulips; Tū′lip-tree, a large North American tree, having tulip-like flowers; Tū′lip-wood, the soft, fine, straight-grained wood of the tulip-tree. [O. Fr. tulipe, tulippe, tulipan—Turk. tulbend, a turban.]

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  • Tulip ("Tulipa") is a potflower plant. There is many races (cultivars) and species of tulips. Cultivars are used as ornamental plants.

    It grows in southern Europe, north Africa, and Asia from Anatolia and Iran in the east to northeast of China and Japan.

    The Tulip is most associtated with Holland.

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