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wandering Jew en · NOUN

Etymology

The plant's name is derived from the figure of the Wandering Jew, presumably at least partly from the tendency of those plants to spread through a garden (i.e. wander).

Meanings

1. Any plant of three species of spiderworts, Tradescantia pallida, Tradescantia fluminensis, and Tradescantia zebrina.
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2. The plant Saxifraga stolonifera.

Forms

Translations (7)

sv zebrablad (Tradescantia zebrina) · sv zebrina (Tradescantia zebrina) · sv purpurblad (Tradescantia pallida) · sv skvallerreva (Tradescantia fluminensis) · fi juorukki (Tradescantia zebrina) · hu közönséges pletyka (Tradescantia fluminensis) · hu pletyka (Tradescantia fluminensis)