tradescantia
noun
trad·es·can·tia ˌtra-də-ˈskan(t)-sh(ē-)ə 
plural tradescantias
: any of a genus (Tradescantia of the family Commelinaceae, the spiderwort family) of American monocotyledonous usually trailing or creeping plants with narrow leaves and often short-lived white, rose, blue, or violet flowers and that includes some (such as the inch plant) grown as houseplants especially for their ornamental usually striped foliage : spiderwort
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, genus name, from John Tradescant †1638 English traveler & gardener
First Known Use
1757, in the meaning defined above
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