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genus tillandsianounlarge genus of epiphytic or terrestrial sparse-rooting tropical plants usually forming dense clumps or pendant masses

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genus tillandsianounlarge genus of epiphytic or terrestrial sparse-rooting tropical plants usually forming dense clumps or pendant masses
tillandsioidnounAny bromeliad of the subfamily Tillandsioideae.
spanish mossnounA gray epiphyte that hangs down from trees, Tillandsia usneoides, native to the southeastern US and throughout humid tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas.
treebeardnounSpanish moss, Tillandsia usneoides.
resurrection plantnounAny plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration, including those of two species principally called resurrection plant:
tulbaghianounAny plant in the genus Tulbaghia.
old man's beardnoun(uncountable) Tillandsia usneoides, a bromeliad; Spanish moss.
tibouchinanounAny of various species of myrtalean trees of the genus Tibouchina, native to tropical America, many of which are used as garden ornamentals.
clockvinenounAny member of the species of the plants in genus Thunbergia.
black mossnounAny of numerous species of dark-coloured mosses (Bryophyta), possibly species of the genera Grimmia, Andreaea, Syntrichia, Cinclidotus.
torreyanounAny plant of the genus Torreya.
thunbergianoun(botany) Any member of the genus Thunbergia of flowering plants.
anthuriumnounAny of several tropical American evergreen plants, of the genus Anthurium, grown for their ornamental leaves and spathes.
triteleianounAny plant of the genus Triteleia.
tilianounAny tree of the linden genus Tilia.
aglaonemanounAny of the genus Aglaonema of tropical foliage plants.
maytennounAny plant in the genus Maytenus.
tigridianounAny of the various bulbous or cormous flowering plants of the genus Tigridia.
epiphyllumnounA cactus of the genus Epiphyllum.
alternantheranounAny of the herbaceous plants in the genus Alternanthera in the amaranth family.

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