spiderwort
noun
spi·der·wort
| \ ˈspī-dər-ˌwərt
, -ˌwȯrt\
, -ˌwȯrt\
Definition of spiderwort
: any of a genus (Tradescantia of the family Commelinaceae, the spiderwort family) of American monocotyledonous plants with ephemeral often blue or violet flowers
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Bulb-type plants: Achimenes, African iris, bulbine, caladium, canna, crinum, crocosmia, day lily, eucharis lily, gladiolus, gloriosa lily, peacock ginger, society garlic, spiderwort, rain lily and walking iris. — Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "July in the garden," 30 June 2018 Bulb-type plants: Achimenes, African iris, bulbine, caladium, canna, crinum, crocosmia, day lily, eucharis lily, gladiolus, gloriosa lily, peacock ginger, society garlic, spiderwort, rain lily and walking iris. — Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "July in the garden," 30 June 2018 Bulb-type plants: Achimenes, African iris, bulbine, caladium, canna, crinum, crocosmia, day lily, eucharis lily, gladiolus, gloriosa lily, peacock ginger, society garlic, spiderwort, rain lily and walking iris. — Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "July in the garden," 30 June 2018 Bulb-type plants: Achimenes, African iris, bulbine, caladium, canna, crinum, crocosmia, day lily, eucharis lily, gladiolus, gloriosa lily, peacock ginger, society garlic, spiderwort, rain lily and walking iris. — Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "July in the garden," 30 June 2018 Bulb-type plants: Achimenes, African iris, bulbine, caladium, canna, crinum, crocosmia, day lily, eucharis lily, gladiolus, gloriosa lily, peacock ginger, society garlic, spiderwort, rain lily and walking iris. — Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "July in the garden," 30 June 2018 Bulb-type plants: Achimenes, African iris, bulbine, caladium, canna, crinum, crocosmia, day lily, eucharis lily, gladiolus, gloriosa lily, peacock ginger, society garlic, spiderwort, rain lily and walking iris. — Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "July in the garden," 30 June 2018 Bulb-type plants: Achimenes, African iris, bulbine, caladium, canna, crinum, crocosmia, day lily, eucharis lily, gladiolus, gloriosa lily, peacock ginger, society garlic, spiderwort, rain lily and walking iris. — Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, "July in the garden," 30 June 2018 Plants for sale include flowers such as zinnias, petunias, wave petunias, marigolds, celosia, coleus, snapdragons, salvia, spiderwort, geraniums, impatiens and begonias. — Staff Report, Daily Southtown, "Community news," 3 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'spiderwort.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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