Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tradescantia"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Wandering \Wan"der*ing\,
a. & n. from {Wander}, v.

{Wandering albatross} (Zo["o]l.), the great white albatross.
See Illust. of {Albatross}.

{Wandering cell} (Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses
the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white
corpuscles of the blood.

{Wandering Jew} (Bot.), any one of several creeping species
of {Tradescantia}, which have alternate, pointed leaves,
and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the
joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets,
window boxes, etc.

{Wandering kidney} (Med.), a morbid condition in which one
kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain
directions; -- called also {floating kidney}, {movable
kidney}.

{Wandering liver} (Med.), a morbid condition of the liver,
similar to wandering kidney.

{Wandering mouse} (Zo["o]l.), the whitefooted, or deer,
mouse. See Illust. of {Mouse}.

{Wandering spider} (Zo["o]l.), any one of a tribe of spiders
that wander about in search of their prey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tradescantia \Trad`es*can"ti*a\, n. (Bot.)
A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

Tradescantia
n : spiderworts [syn: {Tradescantia}, {genus Tradescantia}]


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