TILLANDSIA

Meaning of TILLANDSIA in English

[til.land.sia] n [NL, fr. Elias Tillands d. 1693 Finn. botanist] (1759): any of a large genus (Tillandsia) of chiefly epiphytic plants of the pineapple family native to tropical and subtropical America

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TILLANDSIA — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Elias Tillands died 1693 Finnish botanist Date: 1759 any of a large genus ( Tillandsia …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TILLANDSIA — tə̇ˈlandzēə noun Etymology: New Latin, from Elias Tillands died 1693 Finnish botanist + New Latin -ia 1. capitalized : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TILLANDSIA — (n.) A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called …
Английский словарь Webster
TILLANDSIA — (n.) An immense genus of epiphytic bromeliaceous plants confined to tropical and subtropical America. They usually bear a rosette of …
Английский словарь Webster
TILLANDSIA — ( n. ) A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TILLANDSIA — /ti land"zee euh/ , n. any of numerous, chiefly epiphytic bromeliads of the genus Tillandsia, including Spanish moss and many …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TILLANDSIA — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Elias Tillands died 1693 Finnish botanist Date: 1759 : any of a large genus ( …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TILLANDSIA — noun a genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the southern united states and in tropical america. tillandsia usneoides, called …
Webster English vocab
TILLANDSIA — the most widely distributed genus of the pineapple family (Bromeliaceae), containing about 500 species of tropical American plants. They are …
Britannica English vocabulary
TILLANDSIA — n. ( Bot. ) Long moss, black moss.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
TILLANDSIA — Pronunciation: t ə - ' lan(d)-z ē - ə Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, from Elias Tillands † 1693 Finnish …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPANISH MOSS — noun Date: 1823 an epiphytic plant ( Tillandsia usneoides ) of the pineapple family forming pendent tufts of grayish-green filaments …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPANISH MOSS — Tillandsia usneoides ) in the {{link=pineapple">pineapple family, found in southern North America, the West Indies, and Central and South America. …
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SPANISH MOSS — noun Usage: usually capitalized S 1. : an epiphytic plant ( Tillandsia usneoides ) that forms pendant tufts of hairlike …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GUZMANIA — güzˈmanēə noun Etymology: New Latin, from A. Guzmán fl 1800? Spanish naturalist + New Latin -ia 1. capitalized : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BALL MOSS — noun : an epiphytic plant ( Tillandsia recurvata ) of the southern United States that often grows in compact masses
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BROMELIACEOUS — (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia …
Английский словарь Webster
BROMELIACEOUS — ( a. ) Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPANISH MOSS — an epiphytic plant, Tillandsia usneoides, of the southern U.S., having narrow, grayish leaves and growing in long festoons that drape …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPANISH MOSS — Date: 1823 : an epiphytic plant ( Tillandsia usneoides ) of the pineapple family forming pendent tufts of grayish-green filaments …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BROMELIACEOUS — adj pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera tillandsia …
Webster English vocab
AIR PLANT — ■ noun a tropical American plant that grows on trees as an epiphyte, with long, narrow leaves that absorb water …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SPANISH MOSS — ■ noun a tropical American plant which grows as silvery-green festoons on trees, obtaining water and nutrients directly through its …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SPANISH MOSS — [Spanish moss] n (1823): an epiphytic plant (Tillandsia usneoides) of the pineapple family forming pendent tufts of grayish green filaments …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BROMELIAD — ( familyBromeliaceae ) any of more than 2,500 species of predominantly tropical plants, many of which live on the surface …
Britannica English vocabulary
SPANISH MOSS — also called Black Moss, Long Moss, or Vegetable Horsehair (Tillandsia usneoides), epiphyte (a nonparasitic plant that is supported by another …
Britannica English vocabulary
BROMELIALES — Epiphyte bromeliads (Vriesea). order of monocotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the subclass Zingiberidae. Additional reading David H. Benzing, The …
Britannica English vocabulary
SPANISH MOSS — Epiphyte ( Tillandsia usneoides ) in the pineapple family, found in southern North America, the West Indies, and Central and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SPANISH MOSS — (ботаника) испанский бородатый мох (Tillandsia usneoides)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPANISH MOSS — (ботаника) испанский бородатый мох (Tillandsia usneoides)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPANISH MOSS — бот. испанский бородатый мох ( Tillandsia usneoides )
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SPANISH MOSS — бот. испанский бородатый мох ( Tillandsia usneoides )
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