guzmania
noun
guz·man·ia
güzˈmanēə
1
capitalized : a large genus of tropical American chiefly epiphytic herbs (family Bromeliaceae) resembling Tillandsia but having the perianth segments connate basally or closely connivent and the anthers on the perianth throat
2
plural -s : any plant of the genus Guzmania
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from A. Guzmán, flourished 1800? Spanish naturalist + New Latin -ia