vriesia

[ vree-zhee-uh, -zee-uh, -zhuh ]

noun

1. any of numerous tropical American epiphytic bromeliads of the genus Vriesia, many species of which are cultivated for their rosettes of variegated leaves and showy flower spikes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vriesia¹

< New Latin (1843), after W.H. de Vriese (1806–62), Dutch botanist; -ia

Example Sentences

If a plant’s leaves form a tank — the way Aechmea, Vriesia, Guzmania and Neoregelia do — add water into it, too.

From Seattle Times

The single chance of success lies in bringing them down, undisturbed, in the great clumps of moss which are their habitat, as is the Vriesia of other species.

From Project Gutenberg

Beneath it stands the very rare scarlet Utricularia, growing in the axils of its native Vriesia, as in a cup always full; but as yet the flower has been seen in Europe only by the eyes of faith.

From Project Gutenberg