Darwin tulip

noun

1. a class of tulips having a tall stem and broad, bright-colored flowers with a flat, rectangular base.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Darwin tulip¹

First recorded in 1885–90; named after C. R. Darwin

Example Sentences

The great formal garden, still gay with Darwin tulips and beginning to show banks of iris flowers against lilac shrubbery, looked extremely expensive.

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"I must see those Darwin tulips over there."

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These should be mostly species; if horticultural, do not use the bizarre—Darwin tulips, for example, or the Madame Chereau iris.

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The first thing that comes in the spring is poet's narcissus, then groups of Darwin tulips; both of these are naturalized and remain in the ground from year to year.

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A bed of this beneath pale pink Darwin tulips is one of the lovely memories of last spring's garden.

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