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tillandsia
[ ti-land-zee-uh ]
noun
- any of numerous, chiefly epiphytic bromeliads of the genus Tillandsia, including Spanish moss and many species cultivated as ornamentals.
tillandsia
/ tɪˈlændzɪə /
noun
- any bromeliaceous epiphytic plant of the genus Tillandsia, such as Spanish moss, of tropical and subtropical America
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tillandsia1
< New Latin (Linnaeus), after Elias Tillands, 17th-century Finno-Swedish botanist; -ia
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tillandsia1
C18: New Latin, named after Elias Tillands (died 1693), Finno-Swedish botanist
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Example Sentences
The insects in the water which ought to nourish the Bromeliad (Tillandsia) are really used by the Utricularia.
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Tillandsia, ti-land′zi-a, n. a genus of mainly epiphytic plants of the pine-apple family (Bromeliace).
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We spent half-an-hour in dragging the tillandsia from the trees, and collecting the soft leaves of the pawpaws.
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From some of these trees a peculiar tillandsia streams down, much like our Spanish moss,—but it is black!
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It is composed almost entirely of dead cane leaves, a little Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides), and a few skeletonized leaves.
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