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Definition of Tradescantia

1. Noun. Spiderworts.

Definition of Tradescantia

1. n. A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.

Definition of Tradescantia

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tradescantia

1. A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tradescantia

Literary usage of Tradescantia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"tradescantia (named for John Tradescant, gardener to Charles I; ... These plants are tradescantia fluminensis, sheaths hairy or ciliate only at the top, ..."

2. Guide to the Materials for American History in Roman and Other Italian Archives by Carl Russell Fish (1911)
"The regenerated cuttings of tradescantia which had been received from Prof. ... Nine slips of tradescantia with regenerating bases were set in the upper ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STOMATA OF tradescantia AND INDIAN CORN.1 BY DOUGLASS H. CAMPBELL. IF we examine a portion of the epidermis from the lower surface ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"These terminations occur in those parts of the scutellum where the glands are least frequent. 2. Experiments with the Staminal Hairs of tradescantia. ..."

5. An Introduction to Vegetable Physiology by Joseph Reynolds Green (1900)
"certain cells of tradescantia and Chelidonium, a similar streaming of the protoplasm is ... Two CELLS FROSI A STAMINAL HAIR OF tradescantia. x 800. ..."

6. Handbook of Practical Botany: For the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger (1887)
"... of direct nuclear division in older cells the older internodes of tradescantia Virginica are especially suited. Fio. 116.—tradescantia Virginica. ..."

7. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"26. Sleep.—Sleeplessness. 27. Fever.—Constant fever with irregular pulse.—Cold, clammy sweat. tradescantia. tradescantia diuretica. N. 0. ..."

8. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"26. Sleep.—Sleeplessness. 37. Fever.—Constant fever with irregular pulse.—Cold, clammy sweat. tradescantia. tradescantia diuretica. N. 0. ..."

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