tradescantia noun.
[tradɪ'skantɪǝ] M18.[mod. Latin (see below), from John Tradescant (the Elder, d. c 1637), English gardener, naturalist, and collector: see -IA1.]Any plant of the American genus
Tradescantia (family Commelinaceae), characterized by triangular three-petalled purple, blue, pink, etc., flowers;
esp. any of those grown for ornament, e.g.
T. virginiana of the eastern US, and its hybrid derivative
T. andersoniana.
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