different between tulip vs daisy

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

Alternative forms

• daisie, daysie

Etymology

From Middle English dayesye, from Old English dæ?es ?age (“daisy”, literally “day's eye”) due to the flowers closing their blossoms during night. The rhyming slang comes from daisy roots for boots.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?de?.zi/
• Rhymes: -e?zi

Noun

daisy (plural daisies)

1. A wild flowering plant Bellis perennis of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals
2. Many other flowering plants of various species.
3. (Cockney rhyming slang) A boot or other footwear.

Derived terms

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References

• daisy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• I'd say, Sayid, diyas