tulip

noun
🔊/ˈtjuːlɪp/
🔊/ˈtuːlɪp/
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  1. a large, brightly coloured spring flower, like a cup in shape, on a tall stem郁金香
    Topics Plants and treesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • dwarf
    • early
    • late
    tulip + noun
    • bulb
    • fields
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French tulipe, via Turkish from Persian dulband ‘turban’, from the shape of the expanded flower.