billbergia

American

[bil-bur-jee-uh, -juh] / bɪlˈbɜr dʒi ə, -dʒə /

noun

any bromeliad of the tropical American genus Billbergia, having stiff leaves and flowers with showy, variously colored bracts.

Etymology

Origin of billbergia

1821; < New Latin, named after Gustaf Johan Billberg (1772–1844), Swedish botanist; see -ia

Example Sentences

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South Bay Bromeliad Associates members will be displaying their own bromeliads, including specimens of tillandsia, neoregelia, dyckia, vriesea, aechmea, billbergia and guzmanias.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2022

Upright flowering plants,--Abutilons, browallias, calceolaria "Lincoln Park," begonias, bouvardias, euphorbias, scarlet sage, richardia or calla, heliotropes, fuchsias, Chinese hibiscus, jasmines, single petunias, swainsona, billbergia, freesias, geraniums, eupheas.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

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