noun
tulip
TOO-lihp
noun
1
A cup-shaped spring flower grown from a bulb, popular in gardens and famous for the varieties grown in the Netherlands.
"Fields of red and yellow tulips stretched to the horizon in Holland."
How to Use Tulip
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA brightly coloured spring flower shaped like a cup, grown from a bulb.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
tulip bulb
field of tulips
tulip season
Word Forms
tulips plural, Tulips plural
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Etymology
From French tulipe, ultimately from Ottoman Turkish tülbent ("turban cloth"), because the shape of the flower reminded early European observers of a wound turban — making it a distant relative of the English word "turban."