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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

tulip [Pers.,=turban], any plant of the large genus Tulipa, hardy, bulbous-rooted members of the family Liliaceae ( lily family), indigenous to north temperate regions of the Old World from the Mediterranean to Japan and growing most abundantly on the steppes of Central Asia. Cultivated tulips, popular as garden and cut flowers and as potted plants, are chiefly varieties of T. gesneriana. They have deep, cup-shaped blossoms of various rich colors. Tulips having a peculiar color flecking or striping known as "breaking" were formerly very popular and were believed to be different varieties but now are thought to be the result of a virus disease carried by aphids. Many species tulips, typically with smaller, more open flowers, are also available horticulturally.

Tulip seeds are said to have been introduced into Europe in 1554 from Turkey, where they were possibly first cultivated. In the Netherlands in the 17th cent. the wild speculation on tulip bulbs became known as tulipomania: single bulbs sometimes brought several thousand dollars until the government was forced to interfere. Dumas told the story in his Black Tulip. The Netherlands is still the most important center of tulip culture. The tulip was so commonly used in the designs of the early Pennsylvania Dutch potters that their ware is often called tulip ware. Holland, Mich., a center of tulip growing in the United States, holds an annual tulip festival.

Tulips are classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Liliopsida, order Liliales, family Liliaceae.

Bibliography: See bulletins of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; M. Dash, Tulipomania (2000).

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

tu·lip / ˈt(y)oōləp/ • 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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World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

tulip Hardy, bulb-forming plant of the genus Tulipa, native to Europe, Asia and North Africa. Tulips have long, pointed leaves growing from the base and elongated, cup-shaped flowers that can be almost any colour or combination of colours. Family Liliaceae; genus Tulipa.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

tulip XVII (earlier in forms tulip(p)a, -ipan(t) XVI) — modL. tulipa, F. tulipan, tulipe — Turk. tul(i)band (now tülbend) TURBAN (the expanded flower was thought to resemble a turban).
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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

tulip See TULIPA.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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