tillandsia
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tillandsia
< New Latin (Linnaeus), after Elias Tillands, 17th-century Finno-Swedish botanist; see -ia
Example Sentences
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The outfits are made of colorful living material, including headdresses of tillandsia, or air plants, and tresses of huperzia, a tropical clubmoss.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
That led to a staghorn fern he found at Grow in Venice, a trendy fiddle leaf fig from Home Depot, multiple air plants known as tillandsia and 20 other species.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2018
Gutierrez stocks about 100 tillandsia per week and says the majority are purchased by young people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2018
The palms, then saplings, now reach up into the sky and double as a vertical gallery for orchids, tillandsia and ferns that have been grafted onto their trunks.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 7, 2015
He next tore off several bundles of the tillandsia, and placed it over the spot thus wattled.
From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by Evans, L.
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