tulip
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishPlantstuliptu‧lip /ˈtjuːlɪp $ ˈtuː-/ noun [countable]
HBPa brightly coloured flower that is shaped like a cup and grows from a bulb in springExamples from the Corpustulip• An all-white spring garden of azaleas, tulips and iris can be soothing.• Black chenille thick sweater with colourful tulip motif, £396.• Hyacinths, narcissi, crocuses and certain types of tulips are the most widely planted bulbs for indoor displays.• Red tulips could continue this color scheme in spring, red salvias in summer.• The tulip trees, the bowers.• The median strip on Park was a swath of yellow tulips.• The party has run out of posters and have asked supporters to put a daffodil or yellow tulip in their windows.Origin tulip (1500-1600) Modern Latin tulipa, from Turkish tülbend “turban”; from the shape of the flower
HBPa brightly coloured flower that is shaped like a cup and grows from a bulb in springExamples from the Corpustulip• An all-white spring garden of azaleas, tulips and iris can be soothing.• Black chenille thick sweater with colourful tulip motif, £396.• Hyacinths, narcissi, crocuses and certain types of tulips are the most widely planted bulbs for indoor displays.• Red tulips could continue this color scheme in spring, red salvias in summer.• The tulip trees, the bowers.• The median strip on Park was a swath of yellow tulips.• The party has run out of posters and have asked supporters to put a daffodil or yellow tulip in their windows.Origin tulip (1500-1600) Modern Latin tulipa, from Turkish tülbend “turban”; from the shape of the flower