spiderwort

English

Etymology

From 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.

Derived terms

• mountain spiderwort (Gagea serotina, syn. Lloydia serotina)

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, tradeskancja f
• Romanian: tradescanția (ro) f
• Russian: традеска́нция (ru) f (tradeskáncija), пау́чник (ru) m (paúčnik)
• Turkish: telgraf çiçeği (tr)

See also

• Wandering Jew