family Bromeliaceae

Definitions of family Bromeliaceae
  1. noun
    a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance
    synonyms: Bromeliaceae, pineapple family
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    type of:
    liliopsid family, monocot family
    family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
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