(n) a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance, Syn. family Bromeliaceae, pineapple family

downy brome

(n) annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean, Syn. cheatgrass, downy cheat, drooping brome, downy chess, downy bromegrass, Bromus tectorum

field brome

(n) annual grass of Europe and temperate Asia, Syn. Bromus arvensis

japanese brome

(n) grass of Mediterranean and temperate Asia, Syn. Bromus japonicus, Japanese chess

eosin

(n) a red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein; used in cosmetics and as a biological stain for studying cell structures, Syn. bromeosin

meningoencephalitis

(n) inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges, Syn. encephalomeningitis, cerebromeningitis

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Brome

‖n. [ F. ] (Chem.) See Bromine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brome grass

[ L. bromos a kind of oats, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Bot.) A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bromeliaceous

a. [ Named after Olaf Bromel, a Swedish botanist. ] (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Billbergia are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ombrometer

n. [ Gr. &unr_; rain + -meter: cf. F. ombrométre. ] (Meteorol.) An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

パイナップル科

[パイナップルか, painappuru ka] (n) Bromeliaceae (the bromeliad family of plants)

ブロメライン

[buromerain] (n) bromelain

振動計

[しんどうけい, shindoukei] (n) vibrometer; vibroscope

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Bromelienstärling { m } [ ornith. ]

Jamaican Blackbird