tə̇ˈlandzēə noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Elias Tillands died 1693 Finnish botanist + New Latin -ia
1. capitalized : a very large genus of chiefly epiphytic plants (family Bromeliaceae) confined to tropical and subtropical America and usually bearing a rosette of narrow overlapping basal leaves that often hold a considerable quantity of water and spicate or paniculate flowers that have free perianth segments and are often subtended by colored bracts
2. -s : any plant of the genus Tillandsia