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bromelia Bot.|brəʊˈmiːlɪə|
[Named by Linnæus after Olaus Bromel, a Swede.]
A plant of the genus Bromelia, or of the family Bromeliaceæ, consisting of plants indigenous to S. America and W. Indies, the species of which have short stems, and generally lance-shaped leaves with spiny margins.
1822W. J. Hooker Exotic Flora I. 41 Bromelia Pallida, pale-flowered Bromelia. 1833Penny Cycl. I. 447/1 Orchideous plants and bromelias overrun their limbs. 1963R. P. Dales Annelids ix. 179 Such specialized habitats as the reservoirs of bromelias.
b. attrib., as bromelia water, water contained in the rosette of leaves of a bromeliad.
1860Mayne Reid Odd People 83 The thorny point of the bromelia leaf. 1908Smithsonian Misc. Coll. V. 73 The species was also bred from bromelia water near Tabernilla. |