spiderwort Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any plant of the family Commelinaceae
    dayflower.

WordNet


Spi"der*wort` noun
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913