Meaning of Tulip | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa.
3. Acronym for the Five Points of Calvinist doctrine: total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, perseverance of the saints
   mnemonic
4. The flower of this plant.

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Examples

“"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."”

“He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like⟳ Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut⟳ glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have⟳ for his own⟳.”

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