lady tulip


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lady tulip

n.
A central Asian tulip (Tulipa clusiana) having red outer perianth segments with white margins. Several red-and-yellow cultivated varieties have been developed.
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Noun1.lady tulip - Eurasian tulip with small flowers blotched at the baselady tulip - Eurasian tulip with small flowers blotched at the base
candlestick tulip, Tulipa clusiana
tulip - any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
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