Tulip Definition

to͝olĭp, tyo͝o-
tulips
noun
Any of various bulb plants (genus Tulipa) of the lily family, mostly spring-blooming, with long, broad, pointed leaves and, usually, a single large, cup-shaped, variously colored flower.
Webster's New World
The flower or bulb.
Webster's New World
abbreviation
(religion) Mnemonic for five-point Calvinist doctrine: total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, perseverance of the saints.
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Other Word Forms of Tulip

Noun

Singular:
tulip
Plural:
tulips

Origin of Tulip

  • From German or Dutch tulpe, from Turkish tülbent (“fine muslin, turban"), from Persian دلبند (dolband), also the root of turban; cognate with Mazanderani تولیپ (“tulip").

    From Wiktionary

  • French tulipe alteration of tulipan from Ottoman Turkish tülbend muslin, gauze, turban (from the shape of the opened flower) from Persian dulband turban

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tulip Sentence Examples

  • The tulip tree was common both in the S.W.

  • The enormous prices once given for rare varieties of tulip bulbs no longer obtain, though, even now, two and three guineas are asked for special bulbs.

  • The tulip tree produces a good clear lumber known as white wood or poplar, and is also a source of pulp. In the south both white and yellow pine abounds.

  • Thus, in the tulip, crocus, lily, speak of the parts of the perianth, in place of corolla, although in these plants there is an outer whorl (calyx), of three parts, and an inner (corolla), of a similar number, alternating with them.

  • The least stain at the base of the flower, technically called the "bottom," would render a tulip comparatively valueless.

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Words Starting With

TTUTUL

Words Ending With

PIPLIP

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