wandering Jew

See also: Wandering Jew

English

Etymology

The plant's name is derived from the figure of the Wandering Jew, presumably at least partly from the tendency of those plants to spread through a garden (i.e. wander).

Noun

wandering Jew (plural wandering Jews)

One of three species of spiderwort plants, Tradescantia pallida, Tradescantia fluminensis, and Tradescantia zebrina.

Translations

Tradescantia pallida

Swedish: purpurblad (sv) n

Tradescantia fluminensis

Swedish: skvallerreva c

Tradescantia zebrina

Finnish: juorukki

Swedish: zebrablad n, zebrina c

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