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Spiderworts
Answer for the clue "Spiderworts ", 12 letters:
tradescantia
Word definitions for tradescantia in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any of the genus ''Tradescantia'' of spiderworts.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tradescantia , the spiderworts , is a genus of 75 species of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Commelinaceae , native to the New World from southern Canada south to northern Argentina including the West Indies . They were introduced into Europe ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
Usage examples of tradescantia.
They still bear his name: the white Michaelmas daisy, aster tradescantii, and the spiderwort, Tradescantia Virginia.