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tulips

tulips is the plural of tulip.

Meaning of tulip

Noun

tulip (plural tulips)

  1. A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa.
    • "The sturdy burghers of Holland took the tulip mania so badly that single bulbs that could not flower till another year would sell for more than $2000 apiece."1876 April, “The Tulip Mania”, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume LII, number CCCXL
  2. The flower of this plant.

See all 5 meanings of tulip

Proper noun capitalized: Tulips

Tulips

  1. (plural) plural of Tulip

Questions about tulips

What is tulips the plural of?
Tulips is the plural of tulip.
What part of speech is tulips?
Tulips is a proper noun.

Words near tulips in the dictionary

  1. tulipmania
  2. tulipomania
  3. tulipomaniac
  4. tulipomaniacs
  5. tulipomanias
  6. tulips
  7. tuliptree
  8. tuliptrees
  9. tulipwood
  10. tulipwoods
  11. tulipy

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