BROMELIACEOUS

Meaning of BROMELIACEOUS in English

adj 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.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

BROMELIACEOUS — adjective see bromeliaceae
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
TILLANDSIA — (n.) An immense genus of epiphytic bromeliaceous plants confined to tropical and subtropical America. They usually bear a rosette of …
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IXTIL — (n.) The fine, soft fiber of the bromeliaceous plant Bromelia sylvestris.
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PINEAPPLE — /puy"nap'euhl/ , n. 1. the edible, juicy, collective fruit of a tropical, bromeliaceous plant, Ananas comosus, that develops from a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged 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
TILLANDSIA — noun a genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the southern united states and in tropical america. tillandsia usneoides, called …
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IXTIL — add. ·noun the fine, soft fiber of the bromeliaceous plant bromelia sylvestris.
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