Akademik

guzmania

\\güzˈmanēə\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from A. Guzmán fl 1800? Spanish naturalist + New Latin -ia

1. capitalized : a large genus of tropical American chiefly epiphytic herbs (family Bromeliaceae) resembling Tillandsia but having the perianth segments connate basally or closely connivent and the anthers on the perianth throat

2. -s : any plant of the genus Guzmania

Useful english dictionary. 2012.