TULIPOMANIA
\tjˌʊlɪpəmˈe͡ɪni͡ə], \tjˌʊlɪpəmˈeɪniə], \t_j_ˌʊ_l_ɪ_p_ə_m_ˈeɪ_n_iə]\
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A violent passion for the acquisition or cultivation of tulips; - a word said by Beckman to have been coined by Menage.
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A violent passion for the acquisition or cultivation of tulips; - a word said by Beckman to have been coined by Menage.
By Noah Webster.
By Sir Augustus Henry
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).