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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1681-1700+
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Tulip, n. [e.m.E. tulpia, tulipa (both 1578), tulip (1615), F. tulipan, tulipe.] A tulip. Also attrib. —1681 Stair Inst. i x § 14.
Such is the value of portraits, tulips or other flowers, upon which, in some places, a far greater rate hath been put, than any usefulness thereof would allow —attrib. 1705 Foulis Acc. Bk. 415.
To Alexander Petrie for 75 tulip roots 1 lib. 17 sh.
