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Bromeliaceous
Bro-meˊli-a′ceous
,Adj.
[Named after Olaf
Bromel
, a Swedish botanist.] (Bot.)
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. Definition 2024
bromeliaceous
bromeliaceous
English
Adjective
bromeliaceous (not comparable)
- (botany) Of or relating to the family Bromeliaceae of flowering plants.