wandering Jew

短语

词形变化

wandering Jews 复数 wandering Jews

别名

Wandering Jew

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any plant of three species of spiderworts, Tradescantia pallida, Tradescantia fluminensis, and Tradescantia zebrina.

  2. 2.

    The plant Saxifraga stolonifera.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

jew Hebrew Israelite

词源

The plant's name is derived from the figure of the Wandering Jew, presumably at least partly from the tendency of those plants to spread through a garden (i.e. wander).

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