Tulip
//ˈtulɪp// name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa.
""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 Acronym for the Five Points of Calvinist doctrine: total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, perseverance of the saints mnemonic
- 3 any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower wordnet
- 4 The flower of this plant.
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Synonyms
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More examples"He looked at his beautiful tulip."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From French tulipe, from earlier tulipan, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent, dülbent, “cheesecloth”), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband, “turban”). Doublet of turban.
Etymology 2
Unexplained, but possibly a late formation from the plant name.
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