(n) a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance, Syn.family Bromeliaceae, pineapple family
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 ]
n. [ L. hydromel, hydromeli, Gr. &unr_;; "y`dwr water + &unr_; honey: cf. F. hydromel.] A liquor consisting of honey diluted in water, and after fermentation called mead. [1913 Webster]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; bitter + &unr_; honey: cf. F. picromel. ] (Old Chem.) A colorless viscous substance having a bitter-sweet taste. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ It was formerly supposed to be the essential principle of the bile, but is now known to be a mixture, principally of salts of glycocholic and taurocholic acids. [ 1913 Webster ]
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