Spiderwort

Spi′der-wortˊ

,

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.

,

Noun.

A plant of the genus Anthericum.

spiderwort ‎(plural spiderworts)

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.

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