guzmania

noun

guz·​man·​ia

güzˈmanēə

1

capitalized : a large genus of tropical American chiefly epiphytic herbs (family Bromeliaceae) resembling Tillandsia but having the perianth segments connate basally or closely connivent and the anthers on the perianth throat

2

plural -s : any plant of the genus Guzmania

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from A. Guzmán, flourished 1800? Spanish naturalist + New Latin -ia

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