bromeliaceous

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Adjective

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CIDE DICTIONARY

bromeliaceous, a. [Named after Olaf Bromel, a Swedish botanist.].

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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