tulip
IPA: tˈuɫʌp
noun
- A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa.
- The flower of this plant.
- (religion, mnemonic) Acronym for five-point Calvinist doctrine: total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, perseverance of the saints
- A surname.
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Examples of "tulip" in Sentences
- Tallest of all is the tulip tree.
- The coat of arms of soldier is with the tulip.
- The tulips are displayed throughout the cities.
- Silvan is the home of the Tesselaar Tulip Farm.
- My gardener has grown an unusual one called a tulip.
- The first bubble was the tulip craze in the Netherlands.
- The park itself is the host of the annual Tulip Festival.
- They survived by nibbling endive and munching tulip bulbs.
- That center strip has never looked so good, even in tulip season.
- I presume he has no understanding of the significance of the tulip.
- Often Dutch heritage festivals coincide with the blooming of the tulip.
- In the joint, the raceways of the tulip element have the shape of a torus.
- The name tulip comes from dulband, the Persian word for turban, suggestive perhaps of the flower's shape.
- Trade in tulip bulbs was conducted through futures contracts: Buyers agreed to pay a fixed price for tulip bulbs at some point in the future.
- Kant insists again and again on the linguistic character of aesthetic judgement, on the somewhat mysterious need to render a judgement that, for example, this tulip is beautiful.
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