Spiderwort

Origin

spider + wort

Full definition of spiderwort

Noun

1. A perennial plant of the Tradescantia genus, found in clumps in woodland and meadow.
• 2010, Clare Vanderpool, One morning she had me traipsing out at the crack of dawn for prickly poppy, toadflax, spiderwort, and skeleton weed. If that doesn't sound like the makings of a witch's brew, then I'm the queen of England.