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- noun botany Any of the
genus Tradescantia ofspiderworts .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the case of the Indian turnip the crystals were contaminated with starch, while the crystals from the fuschia and tradescantia were embedded in an insoluble mucilage from which it was found impossible to separate them.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 Various
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The fuchsia and tradescantia contained bundles of raphides of the same form and equally as fine as those of the acrid plants.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 Various
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= -- Take two wide-mouthed clear glass bottles (Fig. 16); fill one nearly full of water from the well or hydrant; fill the other bottle nearly full of water that has been boiled and cooled; place in each bottle a slip or cutting of Wandering Jew (called also inch plant, or tradescantia, and spiderwort), or some other plant that roots readily in water.
The First Book of Farming Charles Landon Goodrich
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= -- Into some tumblers of moist sand put cuttings of several kinds of plants that root readily (Fig. 18), geranium, tradescantia, begonia, etc.
The First Book of Farming Charles Landon Goodrich
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The crystals, found in grape, rhubarb, fuchsia and tradescantia were identical in form, fineness and chemical composition with those found in the plants of the Arum family.
Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous
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With the tradescantia similar results were obtained.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 Various
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In expressing some juice from the stems and leaves of the fuchsia and tradescantia it was found to be quite unlike that of the Indian turnip and calla.
Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous
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In expressing some juice from the stems and leaves of the fuchsia and tradescantia it was found to be quite unlike that of the Indian turnip and calla.
The Scientific Monthly, October-December 1915 Scientific Monthly 1915
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The crystals, found in grape, rhubarb, fuchsia and tradescantia were identical in form, fineness and chemical composition with those found in the plants of the Arum family.
The Scientific Monthly, October-December 1915 Scientific Monthly 1915
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Kenilworth ivy, tradescantia or wandering jew, _Festuca glauca_ (A) othonna, _Isolepsis gracilis, _ (A) English ivy, _Selaginella denticulata, _ and others.
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