Where Tulips Come From (It Ain’t Holland)
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2012
Did some kind of animal eat the tulips and spread them in its droppings? When he returned to Portugal in disgrace after usurping his position from the rightful governor, Sampayo supposedly took tulip bulbs with him from Sri Lanka. Even the term “tulip” comes from an Ottoman Turkish word.
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