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a flower so coveted it once crashed an entire economy.
means A spring-blooming bulb plant prized for its smooth, cup-shaped flowers in a wide range of bold colors.
from From the Dutch and German tulpe, borrowed from Ottoman Turkish tülbend — the word for 'turban,' which the flower's shape was thought to resemble. That Turkish word traces back to Persian dulband. So a tulip is, etymologically, a little headwrap on a stem — a fitting badge for the bloom that the Dutch, in the 1630s 'tulip mania,' traded at prices that briefly outstripped houses before the bubble burst.
- dutch crash
- Single bulbs sold for more than houses in 1637
- edible petals
- Dutch ate bulbs during WWII famine
- turkish roots
- Native to Asia, not the Netherlands
- color virus
- Famous striped tulips were caused by infection
- fast bloom
- Open by day, close tight at night
tulip mania — dutch golden age speculative bubble in 1630s where single bulbs sold for more than amsterdam houses
rembrandt's tulip — variegated tulip variety painted by rembrandt in 17th century dutch golden age, never actually identified
parrot tulip — large ruffled ornamental tulip variety first cultivated in turkey in the 1600s, now widely grown worldwide