tulip

plural tulips

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

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   He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.

   1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

2. The flower of this plant.

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plural Tulips

1. A surname.

1. A female given name from English, of rare usage.

   James is survived by […] his niece and goddaughter, Louise J. McDowell and her daughter, Tulip; […]

   2022 September 28, Doherty Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, “[Obituaries] James J. Paoletti”, in The News Journal, volume 144, number 100, Wilmington, Del., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15A, column 2

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   Tiny Tim, who trilled his way to fame with his high‐pitched rendition of “Tiptoe Through the Tulips,” has named his daughter, born last Monday, Tulip Victoria Khaury.

   1971 May 15, Albin Krebs, “Notes on People”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2020

   Neil and Clare are extremely happy to announce the safe arrival of their daughter Evangeline Tulip born Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at 10.04am, weighing 8lb. 2oz.

   2009 June 12, “[Birth Announcements] DODDS: Evangeline Tulip”, in Isle of Wight County Press, Newport, Isle of Wight, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 38, column 1