tulip
A type of flowering plant, genus TulipaA type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa.
Recorded US: Mx. Granger, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
» Which do you like better, roses or tulips?
Що тобі більше подобається, троянди чи тюльпани? — deniko
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2 sensesA type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa.
The flower of this plant.
Tulpe
тюльпа́нtjulʹpán
тюльпа́нtjulʹpán
- any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
Examples
83 sentencesWhich do you like better, roses or tulips?
Що тобі більше подобається, троянди чи тюльпани? — deniko
I like tulips.
Мені подобаються тюльпани. — deniko
ruЯ люблю тюльпаны. — marafon
deIch mag Tulpen. — Yorwba
Tulips will bloom soon.
Скоро розквітнуть тюльпани. — deniko
ruСкоро расцветут тюльпаны. — marafon
deTulpen werden bald blühen. — Espi
The tulips have begun to come up.
The tulips are in bloom in the flower bed.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French tulipe, from earlier tulipan, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent, dülbFrom Middle French tulipe, from earlier tulipan, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent, dülbent, “cheesecloth”), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband, “turban”). Doublet of turban.
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