bromeliadn.
/brəʊˈmiːlɪad/ Botany.
Any plant belonging to the family Bromeliaceæ.
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bromelia1822
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bromeliad1866
vegetable horsehair1897
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 170/1 Some of the Bromeliads grow attached to the branches of trees, and are called Air-plants.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 438/1 In some aerophilous Bromeliads the rosette of leaves forms a cup in which water collects.
1927 Glasgow Herald 23 July 4 The ‘vegetable horse hair’ (Tillandsia Usneoides) is a rarely flowering Bromeliad that hangs in grey festoons from the branches of the trees.
1962 Amateur Gardening 17 Feb. 7 Until recent years almost all bromeliads have been expensive.
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