Definition of Bromeliad

1. Noun. Any of various tropical or subtropical New World herbaceous plants in the family Bromeliaceae. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bromeliad

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bromeliad

bromatologists
bromatology
bromazepam
bromazine
bromazine hydrochloride
bromcresol green
bromcresol purple
brome
bromelain
bromelains
bromelein
bromeliaceous
bromeliad (current term)
bromeliads
bromelias
bromelin
bromelins
bromellite
bromeosin
bromes
bromethalin
bromhexine
bromhexine hydrochloride
bromhidrosis
bromian
bromic
bromic acid

Literary usage of Bromeliad

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits by Robert Hogg (1883)
"8—9], a tall-leaved bromeliad, with the bases of the leaves enlarged and fuscous, and the upper part handsomely striate with reddish-brown ; the flower ..."

2. Timehri: The Journal of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of edited by Everard Ferdinand Im Thurn, John Joseph Quelch, James Rodway (1882)
"ThU fine arborescent bromeliad is represented in the foreground of the illus - tration that accompanies the description on p. ..."

3. Biotechnology: Forestry and Forest Products. Bibliography January 92-January 95 by Raymond Dobert (1995)
"Language: English Descriptors: Trees 81 NAL Call No: 451 B78 In vitro culture of Vriesea hieroglyphica, an endangered bromeliad from the Brazilian Atlantic ..."

4. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1915)
"Mr. Busck found them in water in the leaf-sheaths of a young palm and in another case in an epiphytic bromeliad. Dr. Pazos collected the larvae from a ..."

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