Spiderwort

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spiderwort \Spi"der*wort`\, n. (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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spiderwort
       n : any plant of the family Commelinaceae [syn: {dayflower}]