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tillandsia


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tillandsia  \Til*land"si*a\,  n.  [NL.,  after  Prof.  Tillands  of 
  Abo,  in  Finland.]  (Bot.) 
  An  immense  genus  of  epiphytic  bromeliaceous  plants  confined 
  to  tropical  and  subtropical  America.  They  usually  bear  a 
  rosette  of  narrow  overlapping  basal  leaves,  which  often  hold 
  a  considerable  quantity  of  water.  The  spicate  or  paniculate 
  flowers  have  free  perianth  segments,  and  are  often  subtended 
  by  colored  bracts.  Also  a  plant  of  this  genus. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tillandsia  \Til*land"si*a\,  n.  [NL.  So  named  after  Prof. 
  Tillands  of  Abo,  in  Finland.]  (Bot.) 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Tillandsia 
  n  :  large  genus  of  epiphytic  or  terrestrial  sparse-rooting 
  tropical  plants  usually  forming  dense  clumps  or  pendant 
  masses  [syn:  {Tillandsia},  {genus  Tillandsia}] 




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