Cape tulip

noun

Any member of the genus Moraea of iridaceous plants widespread across Africa, the Mediterranean, and central and southwestern Asia.

Similar
Haemanthus coccineus
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Meanings

nounCape tulip (plural Cape tulips)

plural Cape tulips

  1. Any member of the genus Moraea of iridaceous plants widespread across Africa, the Mediterranean, and central and southwestern Asia.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounspectacular plant having large prostrate leaves barred in reddish-purple and flowers with a clump of long yellow stamens in a coral-red cup of fleshy bracts; South Africa

Similar
Haemanthus coccineus
Broader
blood lily

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

Cape tulip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cape%20tulip

MLA

“Cape tulip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cape%20tulip. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cape tulip,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cape%20tulip.

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