Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.