Tulip

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  • noun. Any of several bulbous plants of the genus Tulipa of the lily family, native chiefly to Asia and widely cultivated for their showy, variously colored, cup-shaped flowers.
  • noun. The flower of any of these plants.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A plant of the genus Tulipa, of which several species are well-known garden bulbs with highly colored bell-shaped flowers, blooming in spring.
  • noun. In ordnance, a bell-shaped outward swell of the muzzle of a gun, as a rule abandoned in modern ordnance.
  • noun. A liliaceous plant, Bæometra columellaris (Tulipa Breyniana) of the Cape of Good Hope.
  • noun. In California, same as butterfly-tulip: see above.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Any plant of the liliaceous genus Tulipa. Many varieties are cultivated for their beautiful, often variegated flowers.
  • noun. A West Indian malvaceous tree (Paritium tiliaceum syn. Hibiscus tiliaceum).
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa.
  • noun. The flower of this plant.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
    • Word Usage
    "My gardener has grown an unusual one called a tulip."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    liliaceous plant  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Darwin tulip  candlestick tulip  cottage tulip  dwarf tulip  lady tulip  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    julep  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aster  camellia  chrysanthemum  columbine  daffodil  
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