Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various plants of the genus Tradescantia of the Americas, especially T. virginiana, having long thin leaves and three-petaled blue, purple, pink, or white flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant of the genus Tradescantia, especially T. Virginica, the common garden species.
- noun By extension, any plant of the order Commelinaceæ; specifically, Commelina eælestis, a blue-flowered plant from Mexico.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) An American endogenous plant (
Tradescantia Virginica ), with long linear leaves and ephemeral blue flowers. The name is sometimes extended to other species of the same genus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
perennial plant of theTradescantia genus , found inclumps inwoodland andmeadow .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any plant of the family Commelinaceae
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The spiderwort is a flower whose juice is used for painting the silks before they're masked with starch and then dyed.
Memoirs of a Geisha Golden, Arthur, 1957- 1997
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_Tradescantia_ -- This is otherwise known as spiderwort, Wandering Jew,
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The spiderwort was a rich blue with its two large petals rounded, while the third one was tiny and colorless.
Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks Lillian Elizabeth Roy 1900
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I also grow a silver-leafed version of the common green-leaf brunnera called Jack Frost, which is particularly amazing-looking when its bright blue flowers are blooming, and a variety of spiderwort (Tradescantia) called Sweet Kate, whose own blue flowers stand out against its unusual bright yellow leaves instead of the typical green ones.
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It was peeling, and long pieces of paint hung down like the drooping leaves of a spiderwort.
As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010
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It was peeling, and long pieces of paint hung down like the drooping leaves of a spiderwort.
As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010
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Wetlands will reassert themselves, Muscatine vines, spiderwort and pickerel weed will overrun the golf courses, and panthers will dance again in the forests.
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Maybe, he thought with a smile, this was some common, humble plant he tended'dandelion or catnip or spiderwort.
Dragons Of A Vanished Moon Weis, Margaret 2002
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Maybe, he thought with a smile, this was some common, humble plant he tended'dandelion or catnip or spiderwort.
Dragons of a Vanished Moon Weis, Margaret 2002
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But if you've never smelled the juice of a spiderwort … well, I was very glad at the end of the week to go back to boiling dyes once again.
Memoirs of a Geisha Golden, Arthur, 1957- 1997
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