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spiderwort

spiderwort noun: a perennial plant of the Tradescantia genus, found in clumps in woodland and meadow.

Noun

spiderwort (plural spiderworts)

  1. A perennial plant of the Tradescantia genus, found in clumps in woodland and meadow.
    • One morning she had me traipsing out at the crack of dawn for prickly poppy, toadflax, spiderwort, and skeleton weed. If that doesn't sound like the makings of a witch's brew, then I'm the queen of England.2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest

Forms of spiderwort

pluralspiderworts

Origin of spiderwort

From spider + wort.

Words formed from spiderwort

  • mountain spiderwort

Questions about spiderwort

What does spiderwort mean?
Spiderwort means a perennial plant of the Tradescantia genus, found in clumps in woodland and meadow.
What part of speech is spiderwort?
Spiderwort is a noun.
What is the plural of spiderwort?
The plural of spiderwort is spiderworts.

Words near spiderwort in the dictionary

  1. spiderwebs
  2. spiderwisp
  3. spiderwisps
  4. spiderwood
  5. spiderwork
  6. spiderwort
  7. spiderworts
  8. spidery
  9. spides
  10. spidey
  11. spidey sense

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