Spiderwort

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A perennial plant of the Tradescantia genus, found in clumps in woodland and meadow.

    "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."

  2. 2
    any plant of the family Commelinaceae wordnet

Synonyms

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dayflower

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From spider + wort.

Related phrases

mountain spiderwortwandering jew

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