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tradescantia

/ 藢迟谤忙诲蓻蝉藞办忙苍蕛瑟蓹 /

noun

  1. any plant of the American genus Tradescantia , widely cultivated for their striped variegated leaves: family Commelinaceae See also wandering Jew spiderwort
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of tradescantia1

C18: New Latin, named after John Tradescant (1570鈥1638), English botanist and gardener
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After Denker drew up plans, Dominguez installed a drip irrigation system and Denker began planting 1-gallon containers of rosemary, purple tradescantia pallida, lantana and senecio.

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We had a question recently from a listener who had planted a tradescantia in a bottle garden in 1960.

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Other forbs noted often enough to be considered common on both House Field and Quarry Field included Carex gravida, observed frequently in House Field and less often in Quarry Field; Amorpha canescens, more common in Quarry Field; Tradescantia bracteata, Capsella bursapastoris, Oxalis violacea, Euphorbia marginata, Convolvulus arvensis, Lithospermum arvense, Teucrium canadense, Physalis longifolia, Phytolacca americana, Plantago major, Ambrosia trifida, A. artemisiifolia, Helianthus annuus, Cirsium altissimum and Taraxacum erythrospermum.

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A name given it in a cottage garden in Wayland was Blue Spider-flower, which seems more suited than that of Spiderwort for the Tradescantia.

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Sp墨鈥瞕erling, a young spider; Sp墨鈥瞕er-mon鈥瞜ey, an American platyrrine monkey, with long slender legs and tail; Sp墨鈥瞕er-stitch, a stitch in lace or netting in which threads are carried diagonally and parallel to each other; Sp墨鈥瞕er-wasp, a pompilid wasp which fills its nest with spiders for its young; Sp墨鈥瞕er-web, the snare spun by the spider; Sp墨鈥瞕er-wheel, in embroidery, a circular pattern with radiating lines; Sp墨鈥瞕er-work, lace worked by spider-stitch; Sp墨鈥瞕er-wort, any plant of the genus Tradescantia, esp.

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