Tillandsia, genus Tillandsia
(noun) large genus of epiphytic or terrestrial sparse-rooting tropical plants usually forming dense clumps or pendant masses
Source: WordNet® 3.1
From the genus name.
tillandsia (plural tillandsias)
Any of the genus Tillandsia of American epiphytes.
Source: Wiktionary
Til*land"si*a, n. Etym: [NL. So named after Prof. Tillands, of Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
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