Definition of tillandsia Tillandsia
til•lands•i•a
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What does tillandsia mean?
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| tillandsia - large genus of epiphytic or terrestrial sparse-rooting tropical plants usually forming dense clumps or pendant masses | ||
| genus Tillandsia | ||
| liliopsid genus, monocot genus genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed | ||
| bromeliaceae, family bromeliaceae, pineapple family a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tillandsia (n.)
A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tillandsia
ti-land′zi-a, n. a genus of mainly epiphytic plants of the pine-apple family (Bromeliaceæ). [From the Swedish botanist, Tillands.]
