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tulip
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tu·lip
/ ˈt(y)oōləp/
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n.
a bulbous spring-flowering plant (genus Tulipa) of the lily family, with boldly colored cup-shaped flowers.
ORIGIN: late 16th cent.: from French tulipe, via Turkish from Persian dulband ‘turban.’
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Tulips are a lovely Dutch; Spring is in the air and the tulip makes a glorious return in an endless variety of colours. But can this popular bulb live with the lily?(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 4/24/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...buffs never allow tulips in their gardens, and I guess tulip fanatics don...the cause of the tulip's strange place...history. Virused tulips often produced...extraordinary tulip parties for his...Half a million tulips were brought down...
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Tulips speak the language of spring and its renewal
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/7/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...fascination with tulips and citing their...staggering detail, "The Tulip" -- more a history...when a painting of tulips was cheaper to purchase...the bulbs. French tulip madness came first...was without its tulip show." The great tulips were those that...
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Tulips are fluent in the language of spring and its annual renewal
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/7/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...fascination with tulips and citing their...staggering detail, "The Tulip" -- more a history...when a painting of tulips was cheaper to purchase...the bulbs. French tulip madness came first...was without its tulip show." The great tulips were those that...
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Golden Tulip opens regional office in Bangkok for south east Asia; Golden Tulip Hospitality Group enters into South East Asia by opening a new regional and development office in Bangkok, Thailand.
M2 Presswire; 10/23/2007; 700+ words
; ...maximum support to investors and owners. Golden Tulip South East Asia aims to achieve a portfolio of 40...period by both converting existing hotels into Royal Tulips, Golden Tulips and Tulip Inns as well as developing new hotels. The main...
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Tantalizing tulips. (tulips use in dishes)(includes related articles on cultivation and related books)(includes recipes)
Magazine article from: Country Living; 4/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Central Asia, tulips were originally...1000. The name tulip is derived via...America from Dutch tulip bulbs. Horticulturists group tulips into 15 subdivisions...so varieties of tulips I have tasted, the 'Red Emperor' tulip (Tulipa fosteriana...
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Golden Tulip hospitality takes over 5 hotels in Germany And Austria; German development company RIMC and Golden Tulip Hospitality redefines their longstanding relationship.
M2 Presswire; 3/15/2006; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-15 March 2006-Golden Tulip: Golden Tulip hospitality takes over 5 hotels in Germany And Austria; German development company RIMC and Golden Tulip Hospitality redefines their longstanding relationship(C...
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Tulips never tiptoe their way into blooming Big, bright and brassy, they deserve a garden spot of their own
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 5/10/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...more perennial than most tulips. He believes that when you find the right tulip for a location you should...all the varieties of tulips waiting to be tried...Ohms replants half her tulips each year. "So every tulip stays in for two years...
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Golden Tulip Welcomes Its First Hotel under Its Management in Denmark.
M2 Presswire; 5/7/2007; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-7 May 2007-Golden Tulip: Golden Tulip Welcomes Its First Hotel under Its Management in Denmark...M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07052007 The 102 rooms Golden Tulip Vejle is the first hotel of Golden Tulip's expansion strategy...
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Golden Tulip welcomes 5th hotel in Romania.
M2 Presswire; 2/20/2007; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-20 February 2007-Golden Tulip: Golden Tulip welcomes 5th hotel in Romania(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...20022007 Amersfoort (NL)/Lausanne (CH) - Golden Tulip Hospitality is proud to announce the signing of a franchise...
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New Golden Tulip - Tulip Inn Twin Act in The Netherlands.
M2 Presswire; 1/30/2007; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-30 January 2007-Golden Tulip: New Golden Tulip - Tulip Inn Twin Act in The Netherlands(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:30012007 Amersfoort (NL...
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Tulips
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
TULIPS TULIPS. The tulip made its first impact on European history in 1389 in Kosovo, when...into battle against the Serbs wearing a shirt embroidered with tulips. The tulip is a plant native to Turkey and much revered in that country...
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Tulip Ltd.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Tulip Ltd. Budbrooke Road Warwick, CV34 5WE United...Danish Crown AmbA Incorporated: 1990 as Tulip International Employees: 7,000 Sales...Slaughtering; 11612 Meat Processed from Carcasses Tulip Ltd. is the British arm of Danish Crown...
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tulip
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...aphids. Many species tulips, typically with smaller...available horticulturally. Tulip seeds are said to have...Mich., a center of tulip growing in the United States, holds an annual tulip festival. Tulips are classified in the...
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Great Tulip Mania, The
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...bubbles. References to the Tulip Mania in economics and finance...transcripts. Centered in the tulip-growing region of the municipality...the result of a speculation in tulips that spread from professional tulip growers and experts to those...
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Tulip Era (Ottoman Empire)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...and sociability. The Tulip Era (in Turkish, L...society's passion for tulips, which were especially...motif. Grandees imported tulip bulbs at great expense...all but closed the Tulip Era's cultural openings...Printing and Publishing ; Tulips ; Vizier . BIBLIOGRAPHY...
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