spiderwort

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S0637700 (spī′dər-wûrt′, -wôrt′)n. Any of various plants of the genus Tradescantia of the Americas, especially T. virginiana, having long thin leaves and three-petaled blue, purple, pink, or white flowers.

[Originally, any of various European plants of the genus Anthericum, later also applied to plants of the genus Tradescantia : spider (perhaps because the long leaves of both genera typically grow upward and then bend sharply downward, resembling a spider's bowed legs, or because the species A. ramosum was used in ancient times to treat the bite of the European tarantula ) + wort.]

spiderwort

(ˈspaɪdəˌwɜːt) n1. (Plants) any of various plants of the American genus Tradescantia, esp T. virginiana, having blue, purplish, or pink flowers and widely grown as house plants: family Commelinaceae. See also tradescantia2. (Plants) any of various similar or related plants[C17: so called because of the spidery shape of its stamens]

spi•der•wort

(ˈspaɪ dərˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt)

n. any of various New World plants of the genus Tradescantia, having blue or rose-colored flowers. [1590–1600]

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spiderwort - any plant of the family Commelinaceaedayflowerherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsCommelinaceae, family Commelinaceae, spiderwort family - large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderwortsParadisea liliastrum, St.-Bruno's-lily - a variety of spiderwort

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common name for some members of the Commelinaceae, a family of tropical and subtropical succulent herbs found especially in Africa and the Americas. Species of the spiderworts (genus Tradescantia) and the dayflowers (genus Commelina) are indigenous to the United States, particularly in the Southeast. They are sometimes cultivated as ornamentals. The family is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Liliopsida, order Commelinales.

spiderwort

Eat the flowers -purple with little yellow sprig (leaves aren't too great) Root tea used for kidney, female and stomach issues. Apply smashed leaves to stings and bites.

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noun any plant of the family Commelinaceae

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