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Definition of Tulip
1. Noun. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
Group relationships: Genus Tulipa, Tulipa
Specialized synonyms: Dwarf Tulip, Tulipa Armena, Tulipa Suaveolens, Candlestick Tulip, Lady Tulip, Tulipa Clusiana, Tulipa Gesneriana, Cottage Tulip, Darwin Tulip
Definition of Tulip
1. n. Any plant of the liliaceous genus Tulipa. Many varieties are cultivated for their beautiful, often variegated flowers.
Definition of Tulip
1. Acronym. (religion) (non-gloss definition Mnemonic for five-point Calvinist doctrine: total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, perseverance of the saints) ¹
2. Noun. A type of flowering plant, genus ''Tulipa''. ¹
3. Noun. The flower of this plant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tulip
1. a flowering plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tulip
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tulip
Literary usage of Tulip
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"A garden tulip. (XH) The range of season is great, from the early Due Van ...
The tulip is the most showy of spring flowers, and the habit and shape of the ..."
2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"It was in this country that the tulip was destined to make the greatest impression.
... One variety of tulip, called the Viceroy, was exchanged for articles ..."
3. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"tulip Tree, from iU tuli|>-like flower* j and Saddle Tree, from the form of
iu'leaven. The French and Gt-rman n.imes are literal translations of the word* ..."
4. Sturm's Reflections on the Works of God and His Providence Throughout All Nature by Christoph Christian Sturm (1848)
"THE tulip. The tulip is one of the finest formed and most beautiful of flowers;
the fineness of its shape, and the brilliancy of its colors, ..."
5. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"The trade names "yellow poplar" and "tulip poplar" are used to designate this
tree, which is known to the'botanists as the "tulip tree" and they have no ..."
6. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1912)
"tulip TREES.—The tulip tree of eastern America belongs to the magnolia family and is
... Though our tree is known as tulip tree its wood seldom bears that ..."
7. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"A hundred years later, the Netherlands was possessed with the tulip mania.
Growers of bulbs, and brokers who bought and sold them, indulged in wild ..."
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