tulip
tulip
Definition
tu·lip (to̵̅o̅′lip, tyo̵̅o̅′-)
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
- the flower or bulb
Etymology: Fr tulipe (earlier tulipan) < Turk tülbend, turban: from the flower's resemblance to a turban
tulip
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- plant: Impressive borders can be created by planting tulips in large groups of the same variety.
- include: Every part is richly decorated with flowers ( including tulips ), hearts, twisting vines, and grotesque heads of humans and animals.
- have: This year I have more tulips, having bought more last autumn.
- shape: This freestanding chest sits on tulip shaped feet which is a feature throughout the Victorian range from village pine.
- grow: Clusius was so devastated by this that he never grew tulips again.
Adjective modifier
- bent: Oh, there's something I forgot to mention - bent back tulips now has its own Search page.
- yellow: Fill modern translucent plastic colored vases with yellow tulips.
- wild: It is definitely somewhere to return to, probably in the Spring for the wild tulips.
- red: I also seem to have a lot of red tulips - I hadn't realized how many I'd bought last autumn.
- back: Oh, there's something I forgot to mention - bent back tulips now has its own Search page.
- white: Huge white backlit tulips accentuated the dark green of the yews.
Modifies a noun
- mania: Set in Amsterdam during the tulip mania of the seventeenth century.
- bulb: Yet in some parts of the world even in modern times, tulip bulbs have also been eaten in times of famine.
- diagram: We had to follow a route book with tulip diagrams.
- finger: This irritant effect is a component of the classical syndrome known as " tulip fingers " .
- tree: Many of the fine old trees were planted by Alfred Fox including the two splendid tulip trees below the house.
- flower: Single early tulips The single early tulips flower from early April onwards.
Noun used with modifier
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