cottage tulip

cottage tulip
noun
any of several long-stemmed tulips that flower in May; have egg-shaped variously colored flowers
Hypernyms: ↑tulip

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noun
: any of various tall-growing tulips that flower in May as distinguished from the very early-flowering and the late-flowering tulips — compare darwin tulip

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a late-flowering type of tulip, usually having pointed or elongated flowers.
[1925-30]

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cottage tulip,
any one of various tall-growing, midseason, single-flowered tulips that usually bloom in May.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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