bizarre

Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.

That was a bizarre adventure!

[…]no, the abjectly unheroic nature of the death,—that was the sting,—that and the bizarre wording of the resulting obituary: “Shot with a rock, on a raft.”

Any of several types of flower with stripes of various colours.

Any of several types of flower with stripes of various colours.

Each tulip-grower who has broken seedlings claims and has a perfect right to give it a name; but some confusion naturally is caused by the fact that different names have been given to such that have broken almost exactly alike. In a bed of a hundred seedlings it is not probable that any two will be very nearly alike in their markings, which uncertainty adds greatly to the charms of tulip cultivation. The hope of obtaining something new in the markings and pencilling is a sufficient stimulant for the enthusiast to persevere in his labor of love until he has found one quite worthy of a name. Another singular feature in the tulip is, that after it breaks, it ever remains the same, and never returns to its self-color again. The show or fancy tulips are divided into three classes: 1. Bybloemen, or violets, such as have a white ground, variegated with purple or violet, the edges well feathered, the leaflets erect, and the whole forming a perfect cup. 2. Bizarres, having a yellow ground, variegated with rose, scarlet, purple, or violet. 3. Roses, with white ground color, variegated with rosy-red, pink, or soft rose.