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billbergia

[ bil-bur-jee-uh, -juh ]

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of billbergia1

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

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