zebrinan.
/zɛˈbriːnə/, /zəˈbrʌɪnə/, U.S. /zəˈbrinə/ Botany.
Any of various perennial herbaceous plants of the (former) genus Zebrina, native to Mexico, Central America, and South America, and widely cultivated as indoor plants, typically having ovate striped leaves and clusters of small pink or purple flowers. Also (in form Zebrina): the (former) genus itself. Cf. Tradescantia n.Also called Wandering Jew.Plants formerly included in the genus Zebrina are now placed in the genus Tradescantia (family Commelinaceae).
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1846 Farmer's Mag. Jan. 91/2 Almost all the best stove plants,..particularly the zebrina, and others named in our last, are finely in bloom.
1883 Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1882–3 18 167 Tradescantia leiandra... Referred doubtfully by Clarke to Zebrina, but it has none of the characteristics of that genus.
1920 L. H. Bailey Bot. for Secondary Schools 335 Zebrina. Wandering Jew.
1946 M. Free All about House Plants iii. 15 English Ivy, Tradescantia, and Zebrina (to trail over edge [of a window-box]).
1960 Times 30 Jan. 11/2 The green or white and green striped zebrinas.
2003 1000 Gardening Questions & Answers (N.Y. Times) xiii. 593/2 Zebrinas like moist soil, while their cousins prefer to dry out a bit between waterings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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