HyperDic: family_bromeliaceae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Bromeliaceae:
NOUNplantfamily Bromeliaceae, Bromeliaceae, pineapple familya family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance
English > family Bromeliaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance.
SynonymsBromeliaceae, pineapple family
Member ofXyridales, order Xyridales, Commelinales, order CommelinalesAn order of monocotyledonous herbs
MembersAnanas, genus AnanasA genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples)
BromeliaThe type genus of the family Bromeliaceae which includes tropical American plants with deeply cleft calyx
Tillandsia, genus Tillandsialarge genus of epiphytic or terrestrial sparse-rooting tropical plants usually forming dense clumps or pendant masses
Broadermonocot family, liliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishbromeliáceas
CatalanBromeliaceae

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