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

A tulip is a bright spring flower shaped like a cup, growing from a bulb. tree →
Tulips come in many colours: red, yellow, pink, white, purple. tree →

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 →
Each vase holds 6 tulips. tree →
8 tulips are red and the rest are yellow. tree →
A tulip costs 2 dollars. tree →
Plant tulip bulbs in autumn for flowers in spring. tree →
Fields of tulips cover the land in the Netherlands. tree →
He gave his mum a bunch of pink tulips. tree →
The girl carried the tulips away. tree →

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: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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