Bromeliaceous

Bromeliaceous
Bromeliaceous Bro*me`li*a"ceous, a. [Named after Olaf Bromel, a Swedish botanist.] (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera {Tillandsia} and {Billbergia} are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family. [1913 Webster]

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  • bromeliaceous — bro·me·li·a·ceous …   English syllables

  • bromeliaceous — /broʊˌmiliˈeɪʃəs/ (say broh.meelee ayshuhs) adjective Botany belonging to the Bromeliaceae, a large family of herbaceous plants, mostly of the tropical Americas, and including the pineapple and many ornamentals. {New Latin Bromelia (named after… …  

  • bromeliaceous — adjective see bromeliaceae …   Useful english dictionary

  • bromeliad — bromeliaceous /broh mee lee ay sheuhs/, adj. /broh mee lee ad /, n. any of numerous, usually epiphytic tropical American plants, having long, stiff leaves and showy flowers, and including the pineapple, Spanish moss, and many species grown as… …   Universalium

  • bro|me|li|ad — «broh MEE lee ad», noun. 1. a tropical American plant of the pineapple family, having lance shaped, spiny leaves and brightly colored flowers. 2. any plant of the pineapple family, such as the billbergia. ╂[< New Latin Bromelia (see etym.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • black moss — Tillandsia Til*land si*a, n. [NL., after Prof. Tillands, of Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.) An immense genus of epiphytic bromeliaceous plants confined to tropical and subtropical America. They usually bear a rosette of narrow overlapping basal leaves,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bromelia sylvestris — Ixtle Ix tle Ixtil Ix til, n. The fine, soft fiber of the bromeliaceous plant {Bromelia sylvestris} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Florida moss — Tillandsia Til*land si*a, n. [NL., after Prof. Tillands, of Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.) An immense genus of epiphytic bromeliaceous plants confined to tropical and subtropical America. They usually bear a rosette of narrow overlapping basal leaves,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ixtil — Ixtle Ix tle Ixtil Ix til, n. The fine, soft fiber of the bromeliaceous plant {Bromelia sylvestris} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ixtle — Ix tle Ixtil Ix til, n. The fine, soft fiber of the bromeliaceous plant {Bromelia sylvestris} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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