spiderwort

spiderwort

English

Etymology

spider +‎ wort

Noun

spiderwort (plural spiderworts)

1. A perennial plant of the Tradescantia genus, found in clumps in woodland and meadow.
   • 2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest

     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.

Translations

plant

Chinese: Mandarin: 紫露草 (zǐlùcǎo) Finnish: juoru (fi) German: Dreimasterblume f Hungarian: pletyka (hu) Italian: miseria (it) f, erba miseria f, tradescanzia f Navajo: áłchínítsoh Polish: trzykrotka (pl) f Romanian: tradescanția (ro) f Russian: традеска́нция (ru) f (tradeskáncija), пау́чник (ru) m (paúčnik) Turkish: telgraf çiçeği (tr)

See also

• Wandering Jew