wandering Jew

See also: Wandering Jew

English

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).

Noun

wandering Jew (plural wandering Jews)

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

Translations

Tradescantia pallida

Swedish: purpurblad (sv) n

Tradescantia fluminensis

Swedish: skvallerreva c

Tradescantia zebrina

Finnish: juorukki

Swedish: zebrablad n, zebrina c