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Definition of: tradescantia
(trad′əs·kan′shē·ə, -shə) noun
Any of a genus (Tradescantia) of perennial American herbs, often having grasslike leaves and showy flowers with ephemeral petals. [<NL, after John Tradescant, died in 1638, English traveler and naturalist]
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