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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bromeliaceous \Bro*me`li*a"ceous\, a. [Named after Olaf Bromel,
     a Swedish botanist.] (Bot.)
     Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and
     mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera
     {Tillandsia} and {Billbergia} are examples. The pineapple,
     though terrestrial, is also of this family.


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