(n)a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance, Syn.family Bromeliaceae, pineapple family
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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 ]