BROMELIAD

Meaning of BROMELIAD in English

noun Etymology: New Latin Bromelia, genus of tropical American plants, from Olaf Bromelius died 1705 Swedish botanist Date: 1866 any of the chiefly tropical American usually epiphytic plants comprising the pineapple family and including Spanish moss and various ornamentals

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BROMELIAD — Any of the flowering plants of the order Bromeliales, containing a single family, Bromeliaceae, with almost 2,600 species. All but …
Английский словарь Британика
BROMELIAD — brōˈmēlēˌad noun also bro·mel ˈbrōməl ( -s ) Etymology: bromeliad from New Latin Bromelia + English -ad; bromel short for …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BROMELIAD — — bromeliaceous /broh mee'lee ay"sheuhs/ , adj. /broh mee"lee ad'/ , n. any of numerous, usually epiphytic tropical American plants, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BROMELIAD — noun Etymology: New Latin Bromelia, genus of tropical American plants, from Olaf Bromelius died 1705 Swedish botanist Date: 1866 : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BROMELIAD — [ brə'mi:lɪad ] ■ noun a plant of a tropical and subtropical American family (Bromeliaceae), typically having short stems with …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BROMELIAD — [bro.me.li.ad] n [NL Bromelia, genus of tropical American plants, fr. Olaf Bromelius d. 1705 Swed. botanist] (1866): any of a …
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
BROMELIAD — bromeliad BrE AmE brə ʊ ˈmiːl i æd AmE \ broʊ- ▷ bromeliad|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BROMELIAD — n. Any of the flowering plants of the order Bromeliales, containing a single family, Bromeliaceae, with almost 2,600 species. All …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BROMELIAD — n. Pronunciation: br ō - ' m ē -l ē - ˌ ad Function: noun Etymology: New Latin Bromelia, genus …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BROMEL — noun see bromeliad
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ISTLE — noun also ix·tle ˈis(t)lē ( -s ) Etymology: American Spanish ixtle, from Nahuatl ichtli : a fiber obtained from any …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRAVATA — |gravə|tä noun ( -s ) Etymology: Portuguese gravatá, caravatá, from Tupi carawatá, curuwatá : a tough resistant cordage fiber obtained …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BROMELIA — brōˈmēlyə, -lēə noun Etymology: New Latin, from Olaf Bromelius died 1705 Swedish botanist + New Latin -ia 1. capitalized : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BROMELAIN — /broh"meuh leuhn, -layn'/ , n. Biochem. an enzyme, found in pineapple, that breaks down protein and is used as a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BILLBERGIA — /bil berr"jee euh, -jeuh/ , n. any bromeliad of the tropical American genus Billbergia, having stiff leaves and flowers with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
-AD — ~ 1 [ ad , əd ] ■ suffix forming nouns: 1》 in collective numerals: myriad. 2》 in names of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
-AD — [-ad] adv suffix [L ad]: in the direction of: toward "cephalad" [2]-ad n suffix [prob. fr. NL -ad-, -as, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TREE FROG — ( familyHylidae ) Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas). also called tree toad, also spelled treefrog any typically arboreal frog. Whereas …
Britannica English vocabulary
ARROW-POISON FROG — ( familyDendrobatidae ) also called poison dart frog or poison arrow frog vividly coloured, poisonous frogs of the American tropics …
Britannica English vocabulary
NIDULARIUM — genus of about 25 South American plants of the pineapple family (Bromeliaceae) that grow upon the branches of trees. Several …
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
BROMELIA — n. (also bromeliad) any plant of the family Bromeliaceae (esp. of the genus Bromelia), native to the New World, having …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BROMELIA — n. (also bromeliad) any plant of the family Bromeliaceae (esp. of the genus Bromelia), native to the New World, having …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BROMELIA — n. (also bromeliad) any plant of the family Bromeliaceae (esp. of the genus Bromelia), native to the New World, having …
Oxford English vocab

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