See Also: billbergia(dictionary)

foreword (iou) and billbergia (iou)


foreword (iou)



foreword noun. M19.
[from FORE- + WORD noun, after German Vorwort.]
A preface; a section of introductory remarks, esp. by a person Other than the author of the main work.

billbergia (iou)



billbergia noun. Also bilbergia. E19.
[mod. Latin, from Gustaf Billberg (1772-1844), Swedish botanist: see -IA1.]
A tropical American epiphyte of the genus Billbergia, which belongs to the bromelia family and includes several ornamental species.