Word Study
bromeliaceous
CIDE DICTIONARY
bromeliaceous, a. [Named after Olaf Bromel, a Swedish botanist.].
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]
For further exploring for "bromeliaceous" in Webster Dictionary Online