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A '''tulip''' is a [[flowering plant]] of the [[lily]] [[baraminology|family]].  It grows from a [[bulb]] and produces [[flower]]s and [[leaf|leaves]] in the [[spring]].  It is a popular [[garden]] plant; the bulbs are planted in the [[autumn]].

A '''tulip''' is a [[flowering plant]] of the [[lily]] [[baraminology|family]].  It grows from a [[bulb]] and produces [[flower]]s and [[leaf|leaves]] in the [[spring]].  It is a popular [[garden]] plant; the bulbs are planted in the [[autumn]].  Tulips were first cultivated in the area of the Ottoman empire (modern day Turkey).  There they were considered an important symbol of virginal purity and given to new brides upon their betrothal.  From there Tulips spread to Europe, were the incredible beauty with which God endowed them set off a speculative fury in Holland known as tulipomania.

==See also==

==See also==

For the abbreviation '''TULIP,''' see [[Calvinism]].

For the abbreviation '''TULIP,''' see [[Calvinism]].