wandering Jew

== English == === Etymology === The plant's name is derived from the figure of the Wandering Jew, presumably at least partly from the tendency of those plants to spread through a garden (i.e. wander). === Noun === wandering Jew (plural wandering Jews) Any plant of three species of spiderworts, Tradescantia pallida, Tradescantia fluminensis, and Tradescantia zebrina. The plant Saxifraga stolonifera. ==== Translations ====