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# tulip

noun (tulip, tulips)

«tulip» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A tulip is a bright spring flower shaped like a cup, growing from a bulb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tulip/#m1)
2. Tulips come in many colours: red, yellow, pink, white, purple. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tulip/#m2)

### In the lessons

Maths: a thing counted, planted, bought or put in vases; «the rest are yellow» means subtract. Science: tulips grow from bulbs planted in autumn and flower in spring. Everyday: the Netherlands is famous for tulip fields.

### Examples

- She planted 24 tulips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tulip/#x1)
- Each vase holds 6 tulips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tulip/#x2)
- 8 tulips are red and the rest are yellow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tulip/#x3)
- A tulip costs 2 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tulip/#x4)
- Plant tulip bulbs in autumn for flowers in spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tulip/#x5)
- Fields of tulips cover the land in the Netherlands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tulip/#x6)
- He gave his mum a bunch of pink tulips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tulip/#x7)
- The girl carried the tulips away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tulip/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a tulip, tulips. The thing counted. Trap: «the rest are yellow» means subtract the red from the total.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tulip» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tulip/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tulip» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tulip.html) on Mova free.