TULIP
Spring cup flower
A tulip is a spring-flowering bulb plant with cup-shaped blooms on a single stem, native to Central Asia but famously cultivated in the Netherlands.
Tulips come in nearly every color and are among the most popular ornamental flowers: The tulips are coming up early this year.
In the 1630s, Dutch tulip bulbs became objects of wild speculation—a cautionary tale of market bubbles.
Rounded storage organ
- perennialRecurring each year
- petalsColored bloom segments
- stemPlant's central axis
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
cultivar · hybrid · pistil · stamen · bloom · blossom · flowering · dormancy
Northwestern European constitutional monarchy
- HollandWestern Dutch region
- AmsterdamCapital of Netherlands
- windmillRotating structure harnessing air
- auctionCompetitive public sale
export · grower · Dutch Golden Age · trade · market · florist · wooden shoe · national flower
Placing seeds in earth
- gardenCultivated plant area
- flowerbedSoil area for ornamentals
- borderOuter edge or limit
- springRecoiling metal spiral
soil · drainage · mulch · fertilizer · spacing · depth · autumn · overwintering
British naturalist, species theorist
- parrotSpeech-mimicking tropical bird
- fringedEdged with dangling threads
- doubleTwice the amount
- RembrandtSeventeenth-century Dutch painter
triumph · single · early · late · species · striped · variegated · bicolor
Recoiling metal spiral
- renewalMaking current again
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
- loveIntense fond attachment
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
grace · declaration · romance · Easter · Mother's Day · perfection · beauty · transience
bulb
Rounded storage organ
leaves · cultivar · hybrid · pistil · stamen · bloom · blossom · flowering · dormancy · propagation
Netherlands
Northwestern European constitutional monarchy
auction · export · grower · Dutch Golden Age · trade · market · florist · wooden shoe · national flower · farmer
planting
Placing seeds in earth
spring · soil · drainage · mulch · fertilizer · spacing · depth · autumn · overwintering · container
Darwin
British naturalist, species theorist
Rembrandt · triumph · single · early · late · species · striped · variegated · bicolor · solid
spring
Recoiling metal spiral
elegance · grace · declaration · romance · Easter · Mother's Day · perfection · beauty · transience · abundance
speculation
Unproven theorizing or risky investment
Sultan · futures · contract · Golden Age · fever · craze · rare · prized · fortune · merchant
- CalvinismCalvinism, predestination, total depravity, John Calvin, elect
- Dutch ReformedSynod of Dort, Heidelberg Catechism, Calvinism, predestination, total depravity
- Reformation theologypredestination, Calvinism, Lutheranism, faith alone, grace alone
- Reformed Baptists
- Reformed ChristianityCalvinist, Calvinism, predestination, Westminster Confession, John Calvin
- Reformed Theologypredestination, John Calvin, election, total depravity, divine sovereignty
- tulip fieldsPlanted areas of cup-shaped flowers
- tulip bulbsUnderground flower starters
- tulip maniaIrrational asset price craze
- tulip seasonFlowering period for bulbs
- tulip treesFlowering deciduous timber species
- tulip skirtPetal-shaped women's garment