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Webster 1913 Edition
Tradescantia
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Tradˊes-can′ti-a
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Noun.
(Bot.)
A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.
Definition 2024
Tradescantia
Tradescantia
See also: tradescantia
Translingual
Proper noun
Tradescantia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Commelinaceae – the spiderworts.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Commelinales - order; Commelinaceae - family; Commelinoideae - subfamily, Tradescantieae - tribe
Hyponyms
- For the numerous species see
Tradescantia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Tradescantia zebrina
tradescantia
tradescantia
See also: Tradescantia
English
Noun
tradescantia (plural tradescantias)
- (botany) Any of the genus Tradescantia of spiderworts.