Plant & Flower Names · Entry

Tulip

Persian via Turkish

“turban (a reference to the flower's shape)”

Where it comes from

dulband, 'turban'

Fun Fact

Tulip mania in 1630s Holland is often described as one of history's first speculative bubbles, with rare bulbs reportedly selling for more than the price of a house, though historians debate how extreme it really was.

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