| tularemia | (n) a highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals, Syn. rabbit fever, tularaemia, deer fly fever, yatobyo |
| tulip | (n) any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower |
| tulipa | (n) Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs, Syn. genus Tulipa |
| tulipa gesneriana | (n) tall late blooming tulip |
| tulip bed | (n) a flowerbed in which tulips are growing |
| tulip orchid | (n) Mexican epiphytic orchid with glaucous grey-green leaves and lemon- to golden-yellow flowers appearing only partially opened; sometimes placed in genus Cattleya, Syn. Cattleya citrina, Encyclia citrina |
| tulip tree | (n) tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work, Syn. canary whitewood, tulip poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, yellow poplar |
| tulipwood | (n) the variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees |
| tulipwood | (n) light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer, Syn. whitewood, true tulipwood, white poplar, yellow poplar |
| tulipwood tree | (n) any of various trees yielding variously colored woods similar to true tulipwood |
| Tula metal | An alloy of silver, copper, and lead made at Tula in Russia. |
| Tule | n. [ Mex. ] (Bot.) A large bulrush (Scirpus lacustris, and Scirpus Tatora) growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and elsewhere. [ 1913 Webster ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tulip | n. [ F. tulipe, OF. also tulipan, It. tulipano, tulipa, from Turk. tulbend, dulbend, literally, a turban, Per. dulband; -- so called from the resemblance of the form of this flower to a turban. See Turban. ] (Bot.) Any plant of the liliaceous genus
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| Tulip-eared | a. (Zool.) Having erect, pointed ears; prick-eared; -- said of certain dogs. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tulipist | n. A person who is especially devoted to the cultivation of tulips. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tulipomania | n. [ Tulip + mania. ] A violent passion for the acquisition or cultivation of tulips; -- a word said by Beckman to have been coined by Menage. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ In Holland, in the first half of the 17th century, the cultivation of tulips became a mania. It began about the year 1634, and, like a violent epidemic, seized upon all classes of the community, leading to disasters and misery such as the records of commerce or of bankruptcies can scarcely parallel. In 1636, tulip marts had been established in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Haarlem, Leyden, and various other towns, where tulip bulbs were sold and resold in the same manner as stocks are on the Stock Exchange of London. Baird. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tulipomaniac | n. One who is affected with tulipomania. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tulip-shell | n. (Zool.) A large, handsomely colored, marine univalve shell (Fasciolaria tulipa) native of the Southern United States. The name is sometimes applied also to other species of |
| Tulipwood | n. The beautiful rose-colored striped wood of a Brazilian tree (Physocalymna floribunda), much used by cabinetmakers for inlaying. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Tull | v. t. [ OE. tullen. See Tole. ] To allure; to tole. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] With empty hands men may no hawkes tull. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tulpe { f } [ bot. ] | tulip [Add to Longdo] |
| Tulpe { f } (Glas) | tulip glass [Add to Longdo] |
| Tulpenbaum { m } [ bot. ] | tulip tree [Add to Longdo] |
| Tulpenbecher { m } | tulip beaker [Add to Longdo] |
| Tulpenzwiebel { f } | tulip bulb [Add to Longdo] |
| Tulukuckuck { m } [ ornith. ] | Black Coucal [Add to Longdo] |