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Bromelia Pinguin
Penguin Pen"guin, n. [Perh. orig. the name of another bird, and fr. W. pen head + gwyn white; or perh. from a native South American name.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under Jackass. Note: Penguins are found in the south temperate and antarctic regions. The king penguins (Aptenodytes Patachonica, and A. longirostris) are the largest; the jackass penguins (Spheniscus) and the rock hoppers (Catarractes) congregate in large numbers at their breeding grounds. 2. (Bot.) The egg-shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant (Bromelia Pinguin) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny-toothed leaves, and is used for hedges. [Written also pinguin.] Arctic penguin (Zo["o]l.), the great auk. See Auk.
Bromelia sylvestris
Ixtle Ix"tle Ixtil Ix"til, n. The fine, soft fiber of the bromeliaceous plant Bromelia sylvestris.
Bromeliaceous
Bromeliaceous Bro*me`li*a"ceous, 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.

Meaning of Bromelia from wikipedia

- Bromelia is a genus of about 70 plant species widespread across Latin America and the West Indies. It is the type genus of the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily...
- Lindl. ex Beer Bromelia ananas L. Bromelia ananas Willd. Bromelia communis Lam. Bromelia comosa L. Bromelia edulis Salisb. nom. illeg. Bromelia mai-pouri Perrier...
- Bromelia chrysantha is a plant species in the genus Bromelia. This species is native to Venezuela, Colombia, and Trinidad & Tobago. Kew World Checklist...
- December 2018). "Real Balsemão: os segredos da Bromélia" [Balsemão Real: the secrets of the Bromelia] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 22 December...
- Bromelia karatas is a plant species in the genus Bromelia. This species is native to West Indies and to Latin America from San Luis Potosí and Sinaloa...
- Bromelia balansae is a plant species in the genus Bromelia. This species is native to Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, and Paraguay where it grows...
- Bromelia pinguin is a plant species in the genus Bromelia. This species is native to Central America, Mexico, the West Indies and northern South America...
- Bromelia antiacantha is a plant species in the genus Bromelia. This species is native to Brazil and Uruguay. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families...
- Schult. & Schult.f. Ananas sativus var. macrodontes (E.Morren) Bertoni Bromelia sagenaria Arruda Pseudananas macrodontes (E.Morren) Harms in H.G.A.Engler...
- Bromelia hemisphaerica is a plant species in the genus Bromelia. This species is native to Mexico and Costa Rica. Luther, Harry E. (1995). "An Annotated...