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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]