Bromeliad

//bɹəʊˈmiːliæd// noun

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Noun
  1. 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).

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bromelia

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"A bio-diverse ecosystem is often a delicate balance, and it doesn’t take much to upset it. In her research, co-author Diane Srivastava has studied the cascading effects of extinction. In one experiment, the University of British Columbia ecologist removed the ecosystem’s top predator — a damsel fly larva — from a single bromeliad plant — with surprising results."

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of taxonomic name Bromeliaceae + -ad.

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air plantnew world

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