different between tulip vs daffodil

English

Etymology

From French tulipe, from earlier tulipan, from Ottoman Turkish ?????? (tülbent, dülbent, “cheesecloth”), from Classical Persian ?????? (dulband, “turban”). Doublet of turban.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?tul?p/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?tju?l?p/, /?t?u?l?p/

Noun

tulip (plural tulips)

1. A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa.
   • 1876 — "The Tulip Mania", Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. CCCXL, April 1876, Vol. LII.

     "The sturdy burghers of Holland took the tulip mania so badly that single bulbs that could not flower till another year would sell for more than $2000 apiece."
2. The flower of this plant.

Descendants

Translations

See also

• tulip on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tulipa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Tulipa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• lit up, uplit, uptil

Volapük

Noun

tulip (nominative plural tulips)

1. tulip

Declension

English

Etymology

Variant of Middle English affodill (“ramson”), from Medieval Latin affodillus, from Latin asphodelus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (asphódelos), of Pre-Greek origin. The initial d- is perhaps from merging of the article in Dutch de affodil, the Netherlands being a source for bulbs. (Compare adder, apron, newt, nickname, orange and umpire)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dæf??d?l/

Adjective

daffodil (comparative more daffodil, superlative most daffodil)

1. Of a brilliant yellow color, like that of a daffodil.

Noun

daffodil (plural daffodils)

1. A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales.
2. A brilliant yellow color, like that of a daffodil.

Translations

Related terms

• daff

Coordinate terms

• asphodel
• hippeastrum (Hippeastrum)
• jonquil
• Lent lily
• star grass
• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

• daffodil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia