"spiderwort" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spiderworts [plural]
Etymology: From spider + wort. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|spider|wort}} spider + wort Head templates: {{en-noun}} spiderwort (plural spiderworts)
  1. A perennial plant of the Tradescantia genus, found in clumps in woodland and meadow. Wikipedia link: spiderwort Categories (lifeform): Commelinids, Flowers Derived forms: mountain spiderwort (alt: syn. Lloydia serotina) (taxonomic: Gagea serotina) Related terms: Wandering Jew Translations (plant): 紫露草 (zǐlùcǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), juoru (Finnish), Dreimasterblume [feminine] (German), pletyka (Hungarian), miseria [feminine] (Italian), erba miseria [feminine] (Italian), tradescanzia [feminine] (Italian), tîe (Khiamniungan Naga), áłchínítsoh (Navajo), trzykrotka [feminine] (Polish), tradeskancja [feminine] (Polish), tradescanția [feminine] (Romanian), традеска́нция (tradeskáncija) [feminine] (Russian), пау́чник (paúčnik) [masculine] (Russian), telgraf çiçeği (Turkish)

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