bromelian.
/brəʊˈmiːlɪə/ Botany.
A plant of the genus Bromelia, or of the family Bromeliaceæ, consisting of plants indigenous to South America and the West Indies, the species of which have short stems, and generally lance-shaped leaves with spiny margins.
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bromelia1822
anonad1847
bromeliad1866
vegetable horsehair1897
1822 W. J. Hooker Exotic Flora I. 41 Bromelia Pallida, pale-flowered Bromelia.
1833 Penny Cycl. I. 447/1 Orchideous plants and bromelias overrun their limbs.
1963 R. P. Dales Annelids ix. 179 Such specialized habitats as the reservoirs of bromelias.
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C1. General attributive.
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1860 M. Reid Odd People 83 The thorny point of the bromelia leaf.
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bromelia water n. water contained in the rosette of leaves of a bromeliad.
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bromelia water1908
1908 Smithsonian Misc. Coll. V. 73 The species was also bred from bromelia water near Tabernilla.
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