Tillandsian.

/tɪˈlandzɪə/

Etymology: modern Latin (Linnæus), named after Elias Tillands, a Swedish botanist.

Botany.

A large genus of herbaceous plants of the pine-apple family ( Bromeliaceæ), found in tropical and subtropical America and the West Indies, chiefly epiphytic on trees. T. usneoides, also called long-beard, long-moss, hanging moss, or Florida moss, forms long pendent grey tufts, the fibres of which are used for stuffing mattesses, etc.; other species, as T. utriculata, have the leaves dilated at the base so as to form a reservoir for water; many others are cultivated for ornament.

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long moss1697

black moss1709

old man's beard1756

Tillandsia1759

Spanish beard1763

Spanish moss1823

longbeard1832

death moss1838

tree-beard1861

Spaniard's beard1880

Florida moss1888

1759 B. Stillingfleet tr. I. Biberg Oeconomy Nature in Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 58 The tillandsia, which..grows on the tops of trees in the desarts of America, has its leaves turned at the base into the shape of a pitcher..; in these the rain is collected, and preserved for thirsty men, birds, and beasts.

1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 61 The tillandsias nestle at the ramification of the smaller branches,..where they often grow to an immense size.

1863 W. H. Russell My Diary North & South I. 220 The overlacing arms and intertwined branches of the tillandsia or Spanish moss, a weeping, drooping, plumaceous parasite, which..clings to the tree everlastingly.

1896 Daily News 16 Mar. 6/5 A number of species of the so-called air plants—Tillandsias—exhibited.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tillandsia
释义	Tillandsian. /tɪˈlandzɪə/ Etymology: modern Latin (Linnæus), named after Elias Tillands, a Swedish botanist. Botany. A large genus of herbaceous plants of the pine-apple family ( Bromeliaceæ), found in tropical and subtropical America and the West Indies, chiefly epiphytic on trees. T. usneoides, also called long-beard, long-moss, hanging moss, or Florida moss, forms long pendent grey tufts, the fibres of which are used for stuffing mattesses, etc.; other species, as T. utriculata, have the leaves dilated at the base so as to form a reservoir for water; many others are cultivated for ornament. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [noun] > Spanish moss long moss1697 black moss1709 old man's beard1756 Tillandsia1759 Spanish beard1763 Spanish moss1823 longbeard1832 death moss1838 tree-beard1861 Spaniard's beard1880 Florida moss1888 1759 B. Stillingfleet tr. I. Biberg Oeconomy Nature in Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 58 The tillandsia, which..grows on the tops of trees in the desarts of America, has its leaves turned at the base into the shape of a pitcher..; in these the rain is collected, and preserved for thirsty men, birds, and beasts. 1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 61 The tillandsias nestle at the ramification of the smaller branches,..where they often grow to an immense size. 1863 W. H. Russell My Diary North & South I. 220 The overlacing arms and intertwined branches of the tillandsia or Spanish moss, a weeping, drooping, plumaceous parasite, which..clings to the tree everlastingly. 1896 Daily News 16 Mar. 6/5 A number of species of the so-called air plants—Tillandsias—exhibited. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1759
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