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bromeliad

UK/bɹəʊˈmiːliæd/US/bɹoʊˈmiːliæd/

bromeliad noun: any of various tropical or subtropical New World herbaceous plants in the family Bromeliaceae: some are air plants (for example, Spanish moss) and some are terrestrial (for example, pineapples).

Noun

bromeliad (plural bromeliads)

  1. Any of various tropical or subtropical New World herbaceous plants in the family Bromeliaceae: some are air plants (for example, Spanish moss) and some are terrestrial (for example, pineapples).
    • The rapid runoff of torrential storms sweeps soil from this sea of rock, where an island of lichens and mosses (below) anchors a colony of Brocchinia reducta. These bromeliads endure both intense solar radiation and cool, humid conditions.1989 May, Uwe George, “Venezuela's Islands in Time”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 551
    Synonyms:
    bromelia

bromeliad meaning in Tamil

bromeliad in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of bromeliad

Forms of bromeliad

pluralbromeliads
alternative possibly uncommon (nonstandard)bromelid

Origin of bromeliad

Adapted borrowing of taxonomic name Bromeliaceae + -ad.

Questions about bromeliad

What does bromeliad mean?
Bromeliad means any of various tropical or subtropical New World herbaceous plants in the family Bromeliaceae: some are air plants (for example, Spanish moss) and some are terrestrial (for example, pineapples).
What is bromeliad in Tamil?
Bromeliad in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Bromeliad meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bromeliad?
Bromeliad is a noun.
How do you pronounce bromeliad?
Bromeliad is pronounced /bɹəʊˈmiːliæd/ (UK).
What is the plural of bromeliad?
The plural of bromeliad is bromeliads.

Words near bromeliad in the dictionary

  1. bromelain
  2. bromelains
  3. bromelein
  4. bromelia
  5. bromeliaceous
  6. bromeliad
  7. bromeliads
  8. bromelias
  9. bromeliculous
  10. bromelid
  11. bromelids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bromeliad (page history and authors); bromeliad (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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