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spiderwort en · NOUN

Etymology

From spider + wort.

Meanings

  1. A perennial plant of the Tradescantia genus, found in clumps in woodland and meadow.
    • One morning she had me traipsing out at the crack of dawn for prickly poppy, toadflax, spiderwort, and skeleton weed. If that doesn't sound like the makings of a witch's brew, then I'm the queen of England. 2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest:

Forms

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spiderworts Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

mountain spiderwort

Relateds

Wandering Jew

Translations (15)

nv áłchínítsoh (plant) · ro tradescanția (plant) · tr telgraf çiçeği (plant) · hu pletyka (plant) · ru пау́чник (plant) · it erba miseria (plant) · it tradescanzia (plant) · pl trzykrotka (plant) · pl tradeskancja (plant) · kix tîe (plant) · cmn 紫露草 (plant) · de Dreimasterblume (plant) · fi juoru (plant) · it miseria (plant) · ru традеска́нция (plant)