cottage tulip


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cottage tulip

n.
A late-blooming type of garden tulip having long stems and egg-shaped, variously colored flowers.
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Noun1.cottage tulip - any of several long-stemmed tulips that flower in Maycottage tulip - any of several long-stemmed tulips that flower in May; have egg-shaped variously colored flowers
tulip - any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
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