or pine apple, in botany, a genus of the hexandra monogynia clas. The calyx is divided into three segments; it has three petals, and there is a fleshy nectarium at the base of each petal; the berry has three cells. There are five species of bromelia, viz., the ananas or common pine-apple, which is a native of Surinam and New Spain; the pinguin, a native of Jamaica and Barbadoes; the karatos, lingulata, and nudicaulis, all natives of the southern parts of America.

BROMSGROVE, a market-town in Worcestershire, about ten miles north of Worcester: W. long. 2° 5', N. lat. 52° 26'.