tulip

Etymology

From French tulipe, from earlier tulipan, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent, dülbent, “cheesecloth”), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband, “turban”). Doublet of turban.

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. 1876 April, “The Tulip Mania”, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume LII, number CCCXL
  2. The flower of this plant.

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