tulip

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Tulips

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From Modern Latin tulipa, from Turkish tülbent (fine muslin, turban), from Persian دلبند (dolband), also the root of turban; cognate with Mazandarani تولیپ (tulip).

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tulip (plural tulips)

  1. A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa.
    • 1876 — "The Tulip Mania", Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. CCCXL, April 1876, Vol. LII.
      "The sturdy burghers of Holland took the tulip mania so badly that single bulbs that could not flower till another year would sell for more than $2000 apiece."
  2. The flower of this plant.

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