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Rembrandt|ˈrɛmbrænt|
The name of the Dutch painter Rembrandt (1606–69) used absol. or attrib. to designate a Darwin tulip with streaked or variegated flowers.
1902Jrnl. R. Hort. Soc. XXVI. 975 Tulips, Rembrandt... A striped-flowered section raised from the ‘Darwin’, by MM. Krelage & Son, Haarlem. 1908Ibid. XXXIII. 233 Rembrandts..are broken Darwins, and..often beautifully marked and feathered. 1911J. Weathers Bulb Bk. 440/1 What are now known as ‘Rembrandt’ Tulips are broken or rectified Darwin Tulips. 1929A. D. Hall Bk. Tulip v. 103 The broken forms [of Darwin tulip] are now given a class to themselves and called ‘Rembrandts’. 1948J. C. Wister Bulbs for Home Gardens xi. 122 Rembrandt tulips..are striped varieties, mostly ‘rectified’ or ‘broken’ Darwins. 1974A. Huxley Plant & Planet xviii. 197 Those tulips called Rembrandts, Bybloems and Bizarres by the fanciers, in which the flowers are streaked or feathered in another colour. |