Noun

(en noun)

A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa .

* 1876 — " No. CCCXL, April 1876, Vol. LII.

"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."

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The flower of this plant.

Noun

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